Welcome to
OpenSource
The official community of the OSC project. Discuss ideas, share knowledge, attend events, and help shape the future of open-source community software.
Open source · Non-commercial license · No vendor lock-in · Self-host in 5 minutes
Everything in one place
OSC ships with 11 built-in modules. Modular by design — enable what you need, disable what you don't. Each module is independently deployable and fully customizable.
Forums
Threaded discussions, categories, reactions
Ideas
Vote-based feature request board
Events
In-person and virtual event listings + RSVP
Courses
Structured learning paths and lessons
Webinars
Live and recorded video sessions
Knowledge Base
Searchable docs and articles
Chat
Real-time channels powered by Supabase Realtime
Social Intelligence
AI-powered mention monitoring, sentiment analysis, advocate identification, and crisis alerting across 11 platforms — Reddit, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub, Discord, TikTok, G2, Trustpilot, Product Hunt, and HackerNews
Members
Member directory, profiles, roles, and community leaderboards
Notifications
In-app alerts, email digests, and real-time activity feeds
Multilingual AI
AI-powered translation via Gemini and Claude. Read any post in your language — with one click.
Self-host in 5 minutes
Clone, install, start. No sales calls, no credit cards, no vendor lock-in. Your data stays yours.
Run your own instance
Self-host OSC on your own infrastructure. Non-commercial open-source license. Full control over your data.
Get the codeThe roadmap
Built in public. These are the next big things landing in OSC.
11 Social Connectors
Full coverage shipped: Reddit, HackerNews, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub, Discord, TikTok, G2, Trustpilot, and Product Hunt — all live.
Multilingual AI
Powered by Gemini and Claude. Pick your language in the header — every forum post translates instantly. Redis-cached, one-click “View original”.
Fediverse (ActivityPub)
Every OSC instance becomes a fediverse node. Forums federate like Mastodon threads, members get portable identities across the open social web.
Slack Bridge
Sync your Slack workspace with OSC forums. Posts flow both ways — keep your team where they are while your community grows on a platform you own.
Come build with us
OSC is an open-source project built in public. Join the community, share ideas, report bugs, and help shape what comes next.
The intelligence layer no one else has
Social Intelligence monitors 11 platforms — Reddit, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub, Discord, TikTok, G2, Trustpilot, Product Hunt, and HackerNews — for every mention of your community. It surfaces what matters before it becomes a crisis.
Built into every OSC instance — open source, no subscriptions, fully self-hosted.
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