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Scoold

Scoold is a self-hosted, team-oriented Q&A platform inspired by Stack Overflow. It empowers teams to share knowledge, troubleshoot, and collaborate seamlessly. Available as a free version and in premium Pro tiers, Scoold blends open source flexibility with enterprise-grade features.

Scoold is the open source alternative to:
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About Scoold

Scoold provides a full-featured question and answer portal designed for teams, supporting post revisions, reputation systems, and badges. It offers cloud-optimized deployment options along with integrations such as LDAP, SAML, social logins, Slack, Mattermost, and Teams. The platform features full-text search via Elasticsearch, geolocation-based filtering, customizable themes, and a responsive, lightweight frontend to ensure reliable performance across environments.

Key Features

  • Full Q&A platform with post revisions, reputation, and badges
  • Multiple deployment options: on premises, cloud, or VPS
  • Advanced search capabilities powered by Elasticsearch and Para
  • Comprehensive authentication options including LDAP, SAML, OAuth, and 2FA
  • Responsive, lightweight frontend with customizable themes and dark mode
  • Integrations with Slack, Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, and Zapier
  • Geolocation filtering and RESTful API support for seamless integration

Pricing

Scoold Free
$0/Free/Open Source

A free instance available for download from GitHub, offering all the basic functionalities ideal for small teams.

Features:
  • Core Q&A features
  • Standard support via community channels
  • Apache 2.0 licensed
Scoold Pro
$499/Pro Basic

Geared towards organizations needing advanced capabilities and premium support for a single host deployment.

Features:
  • Enhanced support options
  • Additional enterprise features
  • Secure and scalable deployment
Scoold Pro + Source Code
$1999/Pro Unlimited

Designed for large enterprises and resellers requiring both the full feature set and complete source code for custom deployments.

Features:
  • Complete source code access
  • All premium features
  • Unlimited deployment rights for production hosts

Summary

Scoold is a robust and adaptable Q&A solution that caters to teams of all sizes. Its blend of open source roots with scalable, premium options makes it an excellent choice for organizations seeking effective internal collaboration and knowledge management.

Adrian
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Adrian
Mar 9, 2025Updated2 min read
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