Hey there Can someone tell me how it compare to Discord?

Discord is a chat software. It has some baby forums. Discourse is a forum software and it has a baby chat :slight_smile: Discord is great for real time communication, with no reason to be indexed by search engines. Discord would feel kind of useless without people online. Discourse is great for long communication, preserving topics that can and should be indexed and discovered by search engines and users. If no-one is there, you can still find a lot of stuff and ask questions. People will answer later. So it depends what kind of community you want to build. Do you just want to gather around online events or talk? Discord. Do you want to think about whatever your topic is about and discuss it, preserving the answers for anyone looking for the same a few years later? Discourse. Discourse has a few tons of functionality for moderators to prevent spammers and bad people overall. It can be also customized visually. It’s like a Wordpress for forums.

Thanks for your reply! You might be familiar with the 1-Click Installer Pinokio and its associated Discord server. Many people join the server seeking help, but it’s often quite confusing for both users and staff to provide effective support there. I’m currently exploring better alternatives, like Discourse, but I’m unsure how to transfer all the existing questions and answers to a new platform. Has anyone faced a similar challenge or have suggestions on how to handle this transition effectively?

There’s a whole category for #migrating-to-discourse. Just look around :slight_smile: In general there’s an API or import scripts you can use. So you either need to know JavaScript or Ruby. Or you can ask someone in #marketplace to do it for you.

One should write a comparison of Discourse and Discord in Comparison - Discourse Meta. I’m surprised nobody has done it. They are very different and also one is primarily a forum and the other primarily a chat, but they share features nonetheless and the similarity in their name might lead people to explore how they differ from one another :smile:

I use Discord daily for work (team chatting) and am in dozens of communities. As I am in many Discourse communities and manage a few. i just add a few lines to @tvavrda perfect comment. First: the ownership of the content. Discourse is open-source and all content are basically markdown text files (we can export / import it very easily with API / plugins… you can easily see the md version of this topic by changing the url like https://meta.discourse.org/raw/350293 ) I want my content to be with me for the rest of my life and beyond. There is a good post here: The importance of data ownership for community leaders Discord is a private company and closed source. Discourse let you manage your content / people on their hosting or move to your own (even locally) and migrate to/from any other platform with a simple python script Accessibility: i want to use a regular web browser and want all the features of OS to consume the content (i want a full screen reader? one click. better mobile experience? done. Share content everywhere: what i really love in Discourse are the t/my-title/123 urls. any content can change it’s url whenever. we can move it anytime everywhere, and links don’t break because they rely on the 123 id. For people managing tons of content it is a dream (and we have readable urls) Since it’s web, we can share everything in any social platform, with perfect embedding / preview. ** i could go on…*** :slight_smile:

Here’s a long (but interesting) topic. It’s worth a look. [imagem] Discord is taking aim at Discourse. How does Discourse remain unique and stand out from the crowd? blue_bookGeneral The folks over at Discord must’ve seen what CDCK was doing with Discourse Chat. They’re now implementing “forums” into the desktop client and mobile application. There are some rather stark differences to Discourse, but it’s quite obviously in response to what CDCK is working on. [image] [image] Ultimately, that just leaves me with one major question. How does Discourse plan on remaining a viable alternative when popular chat platforms like Discord are building long-form methods of discus…

[imagem] Coin-coin le Canapin: One should write a comparison of Discourse and Discord in Comparison - Discourse Meta. I’m surprised nobody has done it. That is a great idea as could create a chart with different popular platforms that outlines feature parity and differences)limitations. This is where a plugin could be handy so you could choose olatform A & then platform B to see side by side comparisons. Similar to some sites for mobile phones, GPUs, cous etc..

Alguém pode me contar mais sobre a experiência deles no Discourse?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) 3 Fevereiro , 2025 23:39 7

Aqui está um tópico longo (mas interessante). Vale a pena dar uma olhada.

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