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Open-source Q&A platform for teams of any scale
Apache Answer is a flexible Q&A platform software that scales from small teams to large communities, serving as a forum, help center, or knowledge base.
Apache Answer is a versatile Q&A platform designed to serve teams and communities of all sizes. Whether you're building a community forum, customer help center, or internal knowledge management system, Answer provides the foundation for collaborative knowledge sharing.
Built with Go and React/TypeScript, Answer combines backend performance with a responsive frontend experience. The platform can be deployed quickly via Docker or built from source for custom configurations. Its plugin system enables developers to extend core functionality and tailor the platform to specific organizational needs without forking the codebase.
Answer serves development teams building internal knowledge bases, open-source projects creating community support forums, and organizations establishing customer help centers. The Apache 2.0 license ensures freedom to deploy, modify, and scale the platform according to your requirements. With active development and a growing ecosystem of plugins, Answer adapts to evolving team collaboration and knowledge-sharing workflows.
When teams consider Apache Answer, these hosted platforms usually appear on the same shortlist.
Looking for a hosted option? These are the services engineering teams benchmark against before choosing open source.
Open Source Project Support Forum
Centralize community questions, reduce duplicate issues on GitHub, and build searchable knowledge base for common problems
Internal Developer Knowledge Base
Create self-service documentation hub where engineering teams share solutions, reducing repetitive Slack questions and onboarding time
Customer Help Center
Enable customers to find answers independently, reducing support ticket volume while building public knowledge repository
Community Forum for SaaS Products
Foster user engagement, gather product feedback, and let power users help newcomers while maintaining brand control
Answer can run via Docker with minimal requirements (just Docker installed). Building from source requires Golang 1.23+, Node.js 20+, pnpm 9+, and build tools like mockgen and wire.
Yes, Answer provides a plugin system that allows developers to extend functionality and add custom features without forking or modifying the core codebase.
Answer is designed to scale from small teams to large communities. The architecture supports growth, though specific scaling requirements depend on your infrastructure and configuration.
Apache Answer is licensed under Apache 2.0, providing freedom to use, modify, and distribute the software commercially or privately.
With Docker, you can deploy Answer with a single command. The Docker image includes everything needed to run the platform, with data persisted in a volume.
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