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All page views made by visitors and members using a web browser. Other non-browser traffic sources like bots and crawlers are not counted as page views.

Storage for uploads including images, videos, and files

Download the free Discourse iOS app and the Discourse Android app, with full push notification support for our hosted communities

Adds chat functionality so it can natively support both long-form and short-form communication. Learn more

Fight spam with Akismet, an algorithm used by millions of sites to combat spam automatically. Learn more

Priority email support from a team spanning 15 timezones

Let your users log in with a password, via a link sent to them by email, or a passkey.

Support user authentication via Sign in with Apple. Learn more

Integrate your community with Single Sign On (SSO). Learn more

Support user authentication via Amazon, LinkedIn, or Microsoft. Learn more

Support the LTI 1.3 standard for authentication, allowing integration with a number of learning management systems. Learn more

Support user authentication via Amazon, LinkedIn, or Microsoft. Learn more

Support user authentication via Amazon, LinkedIn, or Microsoft. Learn more

Support authentication with a custom external provider via OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect. Learn more

Integrate your community with SAML authentication. Learn more

Full suite of AI features designed to enhance community engagement and management. Learn more

Show a birthday cake emoji beside the names of members on their join anniversary or birthday. Learn more

Send notifications about new topics and posts to your favorite chat provider. Learn more

Add interactive checklists to your posts. Learn more

Insert expandable footnotes into your posts. Learn more

Assign badges to contributors, create permalinks, and create linkbacks for commits on GitHub. Learn more

Build your own custom graphs within posts. Learn more

Integrate hCaptcha into the sign-up form. Learn more

Display mathematical notation in posts using LaTeX. Learn more

Reward your patrons with Discourse access including group synchronization and Patreon Social Login. Learn more

Enable multiple reactions that can be selected in addition to likes. Learn more

Great answer? Solved allows users to accept solutions to their topics. Learn more

Hide content in posts behind a spoiler tag. Learn more

Sell recurring and one-time subscriptions that grant access to Discourse groups. Learn more

Create a topic summarizing the previous year’s community activity. Learn more

Display ads on your site using Google Adsense, Google Ad Manager, Amazon Affiliates, and more. Learn more

Ensure topics are handled by assigning them to your staff. Learn more

Automate complex workflows with predefined scripts and triggers. Learn more

Create and update a dynamic event calendar within a topic. Learn more

Run SQL queries against your database, allowing for instant stats reporting. Learn more

Add points and leaderboards to your community. Learn more

Create policies and require members to accept them. Learn more

Create and save common replies for repeated use. Learn more

Let your community vote on their favorite topics. Learn more

Attach notes to users for all staff to see. Learn more

Integrate your community with Zendesk. Learn more

Review GitHub commits on Discourse. Learn more

Use machine learning to automatically detect and flag toxic posts. Learn more

Save search queries and get notifications for new matches. Learn more

Automatically translate community content. Learn more

Preview the content of a topic by hovering. Learn more

On Enterprise plans, a custom outgoing email address can be configured at an added cost. On other plans, emails are sent from notifications@sitename.discoursemail.com where "sitename" can be changed on request.