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Sites built using the StackOverflow platform

35 points by 10ren 17y ago

jamesbritt 17y ago
Has anyone here used a free, open-source SO clone? Any thoughts on which are good or bad?
- bravura 17y ago
  The best hands down is OSQA the english CNPROG fork, written in python. See http://osqa.net http://osqa.net and, for an example of the site actually running: http://meta.osqa.net http://meta.osqa.net. The developers for OSQA are currently building a tool to import a StackExchange dump. Two thumbs up for simple migration! There is also a promising one in ruby called Shapado. For a comprehensive list, evaluating project health and pointing at demos, check out this StackExchange answer: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-clones/37953#37953 http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-...
  - jamesbritt 17y ago
    Thank you!
- rickross 17y ago
  We're really just starting to get OSQA (http://www.osqa.net http://www.osqa.net) to a point where we can implement some of the new features and improvements which we hope will make it most useful. We invite you all to share your ideas about what you want and need in a Q&A community at http://meta.osqa.net http://meta.osqa.net or to submit bugs and feature requests directly into our tracker at http://jira.osqa.net http://jira.osqa.net.
- billturner 17y ago
  There's also a Ruby on Rails clone called Shapado: http://gitorious.org/shapado http://gitorious.org/shapado (a running example here: http://shapado.com/ http://shapado.com/)
  - papachito 17y ago
    That's the best one =)
barmstrong 17y ago
An alternative to rank/crowd source stack exchange sites: http://buyersvote.com/categories/the-best-stackexchange-com-sites http://buyersvote.com/categories/the-best-stackexchange-com-...
scorciapino 17y ago
I simply can't believe so many people are paying that exorbitant price tag ($1600 to $16000 an year) to have zero-profit niche Q&A website. It doesn't make sense financially, and they could sponsor free software development of the already mentioned clones.
- amock 17y ago
  Someone mentioned in another HN thread or a comment somewhere else that none of those sites are actually paying anything yet, so maybe they're hoping that by the time they have to start paying they'll be making enough money to make it worthwhile.
  - kylec 17y ago
    A few site owners have indicated that they will be paying for StackExchange, but I suspect you're right that most won't. http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4118/will-you-pay-for-stackexchange http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4118/will-you-pay-fo...
- bugs 17y ago
  I'm pretty sure it is because it is in beta and free: http://stackexchange.com/pricing http://stackexchange.com/pricing
kevingessner 17y ago
The official directory is at http://www.stackexchange.com/directory http://www.stackexchange.com/directory . I believe it's opt-in, but it's got quite a few sites.
thehodge 17y ago
isn't startups.com a SO site? it's not listed
- steveklabnik 17y ago
  It is, yes.

35 points by 10ren 17y ago

jamesbritt 17y ago

Has anyone here used a free, open-source SO clone? Any thoughts on which are good or bad?

bravura 17y ago
The best hands down is OSQA the english CNPROG fork, written in python. See http://osqa.net http://osqa.net and, for an example of the site actually running: http://meta.osqa.net http://meta.osqa.net. The developers for OSQA are currently building a tool to import a StackExchange dump. Two thumbs up for simple migration! There is also a promising one in ruby called Shapado. For a comprehensive list, evaluating project health and pointing at demos, check out this StackExchange answer: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-clones/37953#37953 http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-...
- jamesbritt 17y ago
  Thank you!
rickross 17y ago
We're really just starting to get OSQA (http://www.osqa.net http://www.osqa.net) to a point where we can implement some of the new features and improvements which we hope will make it most useful. We invite you all to share your ideas about what you want and need in a Q&A community at http://meta.osqa.net http://meta.osqa.net or to submit bugs and feature requests directly into our tracker at http://jira.osqa.net http://jira.osqa.net.
billturner 17y ago
There's also a Ruby on Rails clone called Shapado: http://gitorious.org/shapado http://gitorious.org/shapado (a running example here: http://shapado.com/ http://shapado.com/)
- papachito 17y ago
  That's the best one =)

barmstrong 17y ago

An alternative to rank/crowd source stack exchange sites: http://buyersvote.com/categories/the-best-stackexchange-com-sites http://buyersvote.com/categories/the-best-stackexchange-com-...

scorciapino 17y ago

I simply can't believe so many people are paying that exorbitant price tag ($1600 to $16000 an year) to have zero-profit niche Q&A website. It doesn't make sense financially, and they could sponsor free software development of the already mentioned clones.

amock 17y ago
Someone mentioned in another HN thread or a comment somewhere else that none of those sites are actually paying anything yet, so maybe they're hoping that by the time they have to start paying they'll be making enough money to make it worthwhile.
- kylec 17y ago
  A few site owners have indicated that they will be paying for StackExchange, but I suspect you're right that most won't. http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4118/will-you-pay-for-stackexchange http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4118/will-you-pay-fo...
bugs 17y ago
I'm pretty sure it is because it is in beta and free: http://stackexchange.com/pricing http://stackexchange.com/pricing

kevingessner 17y ago

The official directory is at http://www.stackexchange.com/directory http://www.stackexchange.com/directory . I believe it's opt-in, but it's got quite a few sites.

thehodge 17y ago

isn't startups.com a SO site? it's not listed

steveklabnik 17y ago
It is, yes.