Storyden
A modern, self-hosted forum platform designed for permanent knowledge sharing and community building. Own your data and run your own corner of the web.
Storyden is an open-source alternative to:
Storyden is a self-hosted community forum platform that reimagines traditional bulletin boards for the modern internet era. Designed for permanence, it helps communities preserve and organize knowledge without the noise of fleeting social feeds.
Key Features
- Permanent Knowledge Storage: Ensures important discussions remain discoverable and shareable over time.
- Self-Hosted Control: Run your own community platform with full data ownership.
- AI-Assisted Curation: Automatically tags and organizes content for effortless navigation.
- Structured Library: Build a growing corpus of organized pages, like a digital Alexandria.
- Headless Option: Flexible deployment with SQLite, PostgreSQL, or filesystem storage.
- OpenAPI Spec: Full API access for integration and customization.
- Containerized Deployment: Quick setup with Docker for immediate use.
- Cross-Platform Support: Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Tech / Self-Hosting
Storyden is open-source software released under the MIT license. It can be deployed via Docker with minimal system requirements (100MB RAM, 1 CPU core). The platform supports multiple database backends including SQLite, PostgreSQL, and filesystem storage with S3 compatibility. With 89 API endpoints and 314,217 lines of code, it offers extensive customization options for developers.