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Open source alternatives to Kajabi Communities[005]
Kajabi Communities hosts paid membership communities with discussion spaces, member profiles, events and course-linked content. Below are 5 self-hostable open source alternatives, ranked by GitHub popularity.
Discourse
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
★ STARS
47.0k
⑂ FORKS
8.9k
Flarum
Simple forum software for building great communities.
★ STARS
16.3k
⑂ FORKS
1.7k
LearnHouse
The Next-gen Open Source learning platform for everyone
★ STARS
1.6k
⑂ FORKS
309
CourseLit
Create/Sell courses and digital downloads and publish blogs on your own branded website. An open source alternative to Teachable, Thinkific, Podia and the likes.
★ STARS
1.2k
⑂ FORKS
234
Storyden
With a fresh new take on traditional bulletin board forum software, Storyden is a modern, secure and extensible platform for building communities.
★ STARS
306
⑂ FORKS
34
// EDITOR'S TAKE
Discourse is the strongest community engine here by a wide margin, with moderation, trust levels and a deep plugin ecosystem, but it has no built-in way to sell access so you bolt payments on yourself. CourseLit and LearnHouse come at it from the other side, offering course hosting and checkout with much lighter discussion features, and Flarum only makes sense if you want something small and cheap to run.
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What is the best open source Kajabi Communities alternative?
Discourse is the most popular open source Kajabi Communities alternative by GitHub stars (46,991 stars). The other 4 options are ranked above.
Are these Kajabi Communities alternatives self-hostable?
Yes — every project listed here is open source and runs on your own infrastructure. Click into a project to see its license, stars, language, and current health status.
Are they free?
All projects shown are free and open source. Check each project's license page for the terms — most are MIT, Apache 2.0, or AGPL.