Scoold
Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support.
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Still maintained? Yes: 50 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.70.2 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
Scoold quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 921
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.70.2, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The most effective way to share knowledge within your team or organization."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Scoold scores 92/100, #9 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 50 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.70.2, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 921 stars add 11.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 8.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
50 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.70.2 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.9 / 20
921 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 50
- Last 90 days
- 223
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Movim (#8) and GoToSocial (#10) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java, Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | 1.70.2 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 921 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Erudika/scoold ↗ |
Scoold vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Scoold (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misskey | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Movim | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Scoold (this tool) | 92 | 921 | Apache-2.0 | 1 month ago |
| GoToSocial | 91 | 692 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HumHub | 85 | 6.8k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Akkoma | 83 | 71 | AGPL-3.0 | 25 days ago |
Scoold: common questions
Is Scoold still maintained?
Scoold had 50 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, 1.70.2, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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