Talkyard ============================= Forum software, with chat, and anonymous comments. - Thoughtful discussions.  Insightful comments rise to the top. - Upvote ideas.  Sort by votes. - Question-Answers.  Discuss, select an answer. - Chat channels.  Pretty basic features. - Blog comments.  Listen to your readers. How does it compare with other software?   Find out here. **Self-Hosting:**  See [talkyard-prod-one](https://github.com/debiki/talkyard-prod-one/tree/ty-prod-one-v1) **Demo:**  https://insightful.demo.talkyard.io **Discussion forum:**  https://forum.talkyard.io **Documentation:**  https://docs.talkyard.io (incomplete) **Development:**  That's this repo! See: [docs/developing-talkyard.md](./docs/developing-talkyard.md) Features ----------- ### Good comments rise to the top Find the interesting stuff, also in big discussions.

### Tags with values Create your own tags with **values**, list and sort by value. For example, a _priority_ tag: `tags:priority:desc>2 is:open`, here: https://forum.talkyard.io/-/search?q=tags:priority:desc%3E2+is:open

### Upvote ideas


### Anonymous comments So e.g. students can post embarassing questions. Or for anonymous feedback, etc.



### Chat Notifications via email, as of now.
A chat channel

### Users online ![ed-online-users](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7477359/19680424/f0353f86-9aa5-11e6-84d9-94d46f228b93.jpg)
### Avoid mistakes There's a _Disagree_ button.

### Big discussions **Find new replies** by clicking **Recent** in the sidebar, when you return to a discussion a day later.
**Jump to the parent comment** and back: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fc1b34d7-75e3-4baf-95e1-8de364cdfdf2
### Topic list ![Topics list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/debiki/ty-media/refs/heads/p/m/9/for-docs/2019-08-10-idea-topics-list-ex.jpg "Topics list")
### Blog comments Like Disqus — but no ads, no tracking. Configure in the Admin Area | Settings | Embedded Comments. Read more here: https://blog-comments.talkyard.io

Old Code ----------------------------- Old code from before January 2015 is available here: https://github.com/debiki/debiki-server-old. That repo, squashed, is in this repo. License ----------------------------- Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Kaj Magnus Lindberg and contributors. Talkyard is licensed under AGPLv3 or later, see LICENSE.txt. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the above-mentioned licence texts for more details.