What is Discourse?

CMS

Discourse is a content management system (CMS): Open-source discussion platform. Tech Stack Detector identifies Discourse on any website by analysing the generator meta tag and the HTML source.

Discourse is a content management system (CMS) (CMS). See websites using Discourse ↓

CategoryCMS

Official sitediscourse.org

Detection signals2 signals

In our indexNot yet detected

How Tech Stack Detector detects Discourse

Discourse is matched from these signals during a single, ordinary page request. Each one contributes to the confidence score shown on a scan.

Html MetaDiscourse generator meta tag
Html PatternDiscourse markers

Detecting Discourse also implies Ruby on Rails, Ember.js.

Websites using Discourse

No websites in our public index are known to use Discourse yet. Scan a site above that uses it to be the first. Your result becomes a shareable /site/… page.

Alternatives to Discourse

Other CMS technologies Tech Stack Detector detects: popular alternatives and related tools, most-detected first.

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Compare Discourse

Side-by-side comparisons of Discourse with other CMS technologies.

Discourse vs WordPress Discourse vs Webflow Discourse vs Adobe Experience Manager Discourse vs Drupal Discourse vs Framer

Popular technologies

The technologies most often detected across all websites scanned on Tech Stack Detector.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Discourse?

Discourse is a content management system (CMS): Open-source discussion platform. Tech Stack Detector identifies Discourse on any website by analysing the generator meta tag and the HTML source. Its official website is https://discourse.org.

How can I tell if a website uses Discourse?

Enter any URL into Tech Stack Detector and it reports whether Discourse is present, with a confidence score and the exact evidence it matched. Detection is based on the generator meta tag and the HTML source. No login or crawling of the site is required.

What does detecting Discourse imply?

When Discourse is detected, Tech Stack Detector also infers Ruby on Rails and Ember.js, because Discourse is built on top of them.

What are some alternatives to Discourse?

Other CMS technologies Tech Stack Detector detects include WordPress, Webflow, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager, Framer and Contentful. You can compare any of them side by side with Discourse.

Data last updated October 20, 2026 · based on 618 recently scanned websites.