Top 6 Python Forum Projects

flaskbb

6 2,540 4.2 Python

A classic Forum Software in Python using Flask.

Project mention: The Reddit blackout has left Google barren and full of holes – TechRadar | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-14

Take a look at FlaskBB, it's kind of like those but modern and written in Python.
Also it needs devs.
https://github.com/flaskbb/flaskbb

Misago

5 2,470 8.7 Python

Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.

Project mention: PhpBB | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-16

I would like to use this opportunity to also mention about a forum software I am building, Misago: https://misago-project.org/
Around year ago I've started to aggressively pursue improvements to it's UX and featureset which to my surprise resulted in project getting new (small) wave of attention and a lot of great feedback on what else is missing and what needs changed that I am working on at.
I've grown on old school forums, phpBB2, Invision Power Board 2.3, vBulletin 3 and I am trying to hit a sweet spot between old and new, taking inspiration from both other modern solutions like Discourse or Flarum, but also from latest versions of XenForo and Invision Community.

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Spirit

1 1,159 3.7 Python

Spirit is a modern Python based forum built on top of Django framework (by nitely)
agreper

4 656 0.0 Python

Minimal, no-JS web forum software
forum-dl

4 59 9.0 Python

Scrape posts, threads from forums, news aggregators, mail archives, export to JSONL, mailbox, WARC

Project mention: Ask HN: How can I back up an old vBulletin forum without admin access? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-29

You can try forum-dl, a forum scraping tool I've been writing for this purpose: https://github.com/mikwielgus/forum-dl
It's single-threaded, alpha-quality software, and still isn't compatible with many forums and themes. But it can export WARCs and may just happen to work for you.

django-djeddit

1 41 1.2 Python

Minimalistic Reddit clone developed as a Django reusable app

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).