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Today we release Discourse 2.8, building on Discourse 2.7 from May 2021. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Audion and represents the invention of radio 📻. Different Visual Style for Personal MessagesIn

Discourse had a great year. We raised a $20 million Series A investment and grew to 56 people... but we couldn’t have done it without you! And now, as we do at the end of every year, it’s time to give back. As an open source project ourselves,

We're pleased to announce that Discourse has taken $20 million in Series A investment from Pace Capital, joined by our seed investors, First Round Capital. It's been quite a journey since our seed foundation in 2012 and the launch of Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Incorporated. In that time, the company

Today we release Discourse 2.7, building on Discourse 2.6 from last November. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Strowger and represents the invention of the telephone. Dashboard New Feature AlertLike all

Today we release Discourse 2.6, building on Discourse 2.5 from June. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Baudot and represents the invention of the telegraph. Improved Category ModerationIn this release, category moderators

Today we launch Discourse for Teams. Teams is affordably priced, privacy-focused, and comes pre-configured with special tools for teamwork, productivity and internal discussions -- all specifically designed for teams that either already work remotely, or are adopting remote work. Visit teams.discourse.com to find out more and to spin

When Discourse Gives Back was last published in 2017, we were delighted and humbled to see the wider Discourse community resonate with our mission to give back to the open source projects we rely on. While we admit that we dropped the ball on continuing this series of blog posts,

Today we release Discourse 2.5, building on Discourse 2.4 from February. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Greek and represents the invention of the written alphabet. Bookmarks With Reminders and DescriptionsBookmarking a

The world is in the midst of a global pandemic. I'm sure you've seen a lot of these messages, so we'll get right to the point. As a completely free open source tool for coordinating online work, Discourse can possibly help: For accredited schools, universities, doctors, and any other credentialed

Today we release Discourse 2.4, building on Discourse 2.3 from last year. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Cuneiform. Hardware Security KeysWe shipped support for authentication apps in prior releases of Discourse,

If you'd like a deeper dive into the philosophy of Discourse, the project -- what it is, what it set out to do, and why it exists -- I can recommend a few presentations and podcasts I've done over the years which go deeper on background than what you'll find

Today we release Discourse 2.3, building on Discourse 2.2 from February. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Vinca. Completely overhauled flag and review systemArguably the the biggest change in this release is

Today we release Discourse 2.2, building on Discourse 2.1 from September 2018. For post 2.0 releases we've chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is La Pasiega. UI refinementsFor consistency with mobile and to free up horizontal space for

Today we release Discourse 2.1, building on Discourse 2.0 from May. We've chosen a new set of codenames for releases starting with 2.1 that are based on the history of human communication. This release is Bhimbetka, and the next two will be La Pasiega and Vinca. Access

We released Discourse 2.0 on May 31st, building on Discourse 1.9 from January. New Admin DashboardWe've completely redesigned the admin dashboard to show off your most relevant and essential community health metrics right at the top, as well as trending searches. 0:00/1×Shared DraftsStaff can

We released Discourse 1.9 on January 3rd, building on Discourse 1.8 from last June. Show Who's ReplyingDiscourse is all about replies being disconnected in time and space, but we agree that showing when people are actually replying to a topic is genuinely useful in a variety of contexts.

We've had a fantastic year at Discourse, growing our team to 20 21 people. (There's also something exciting and major happening early in 2018 that we've worked hard on for the last six months that we can't quite announce yet. But trust me when I say we are very excited!

As of Discourse 1.8, every new user who joins will get a welcome PM from discobot: Discobot is a natural extension of our original, static welcome PM. However, Discobot is much more than a greeter; it also offers to interactively "play" the Discourse game with each new visitor. 0:

We're thrilled to release Discourse 1.8 today, building on Discourse 1.7 from January. Narrative Welcome BotPerhaps the biggest new feature in this release is our narrative welcome bot, which greets new users with a personal message and offers to interactively "play" the Discourse game with them. 0:00/

This week we unveiled a completely revamped discourse.org! When our original website was first launched in 2013, Discourse's features were quite novel. Concepts like "infinite scrolling", "dynamic notifications" and "mobile-friendly" were state of the art for open source community platforms, especially stuck-in-90s era forum software. Now these features are

Today we would like to announce our much anticipated Official API Docs! You can find them at: http://docs.discourse.org Today, more than ever, an application needs to be able to integrate with other applications and the Discourse API allows you to easily integrate your Discourse forum with any

As of today*, it's been four years of Discourse! It feels like only only yesterday that we launched Discourse as an open source project. We've certainly been busy for the last four years: 1 official non-beta release of Discourse7 total releases of Discourse, currently on 1.8 beta~600 hosted

Today, after four months of work, we're proud to release Discourse 1.7. Discourse 1.2 – Feb 2015Discourse 1.3 – June 2015Discourse 1.4 – September 2015Discourse 1.5 – April 2016Discourse 1.6 – August 2016Official iOS and Android AppsThanks to Sam Saffron, we released an Official Android Discourse app and an

Today we're making Slack chat a first class integration, available on all hosting plans. Over time we've noticed that a whole lot of our customers use Slack, and we do too! The Discourse team uses Slack strictly as a team coordination tool for things that need to be discussed right

We're thrilled to announce that today marks the release of Discourse 1.6! Discourse 1.2 – Feb 2015Discourse 1.3 – June 2015Discourse 1.4 – September 2015Discourse 1.5 – April 2016Enhanced SecurityLike any responsible open source project, we take security very seriously at Discourse. We try to roll out fixes for