Scoold

Inspired by Stack Overflow, providing functionalities like asking and answering questions, upvoting/downvoting, revisions, badges and reputation system.

Optimized for cloud platforms and can be easily deployed to cloud services or private cloud infrastructures.

Uses Para and Elasticsearch for powerful full-text search of users, questions, and answers within the platform.

Allows questions to be associated with locations for location-based filtering and queries.

Implements a reputation system and badges to reward users for contributions and achievements, encouraging quality content and participation.

Allows administrators to create custom badges to further incentivize specific behaviors or recognize unique contributions within their organization.

Uses jQuery for a simple and efficient frontend, focusing on functionality and speed.

Suggests similar questions when users ask new questions and on question pages, promoting knowledge discovery and reducing duplicate content.

Supports LDAP and Active Directory for seamless single sign-on and enterprise-friendly intranet deployments.

Sends email notifications for new answers to subscribed questions and replies to user's answers, keeping users informed of updates.

Frontend built with Materialize CSS, providing a responsive and modern design based on Google's Material Design.

Supports login via social identity providers and email/password, with optional two-factor authentication for enhanced security.

Server-side rendering and tidy URLs ensure pages are easily crawlable by search engines for better discoverability.

Easily translatable into other languages with support for right-to-left languages and mirrored layout.

Allows organizing users and questions into isolated groups with administrator-managed permissions.

Highlights code snippets in posts and supports GitHub flavored Markdown, tables, task lists, strikethrough and emojis.

Allows administrators to create webhooks for real-time notifications to external services upon data changes (create, update, delete events).

Enables administrators to export all data as a zipped archive for backup and import into other Scoold instances for restore or migration.

Offers a fully-fledged RESTful JSON API (OpenAPI 3.0) for CRUD operations, enabling programmatic interaction and integrations.

Offers bundled themes and the option to create custom themes, including a dark mode for user preference.

Supports HTTPS with custom SSL certificates and mutual TLS (mTLS) for enhanced connection security.

Provides a seamless import process for migrating data from Stack Overflow for Teams to Scoold.

Integrates with Zapier to connect Scoold with thousands of other applications via REST hooks for automated workflows.

Offers automatic anti-spam protection powered by Akismet AI filters to minimize spam content.

Allows users to mention others in posts with @Name to engage specific individuals in discussions.

Enables enterprise single sign-on using SAML for easier integration with corporate authentication systems.

Allows users to attach images and documents to posts, with options for local or cloud storage (Azure, AWS S3, Imgur).

Removes the limit on the number of spaces, allowing for unlimited organizational units within the platform.

Allows for multiple administrators and moderators, enhancing management and delegation capabilities.

Enables whitelisting of company domains to restrict new user registrations to authorized email addresses.

Enhanced syntax highlighting with support for more programming languages and MathJax integration for mathematical notations.

Option to enable anonymous posting to lower the barrier for participation and increase engagement.

Sends email notifications to administrators and moderators for new reports and Content Security Policy (CSP) violations.

Administrators and moderators can temporarily suspend or permanently ban user accounts for moderation purposes.

Supports SCIM 2.0 for centralized user management, enabling easy provisioning and deprovisioning from identity platforms.

Allows making answers editable by everyone, promoting collaborative knowledge improvement regardless of reputation.

Optional email digest summarizing top recent questions to increase user engagement and site revisits.

Allows marking questions as sticky to keep them at the top and favoriting questions for personal saving.

Enables redirection to custom login pages for tailored single sign-on experiences with external authentication providers.

Provides integrations to create questions/answers, get notifications, approve posts, and search from within Slack, Mattermost, and Microsoft Teams.