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Open Source StackOverflow alternatives

There seems to be at least 2 open source StackOverflow alternatives that are worth it :

  • Shapado : ruby, mongomapper, mongodb
  • OSQA : python, django, South

So, as usual, we see the python & ruby communities working on actual, useful applications, while the Java community is busy creating frameworks and libraries ;-)

Oh, no, sorry, the Java community is already busy debating on the future closure syntax,  if they ever decide to include them ;-) It looks like the java community needs a BDFL

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3 Responses to “Open Source StackOverflow alternatives”

  1. Eduardo says:
    April 18, 2011 at 11:04 am

    The comment about the Ruby & Python communities doing some “useful” things is so true. I LOLed.

  2. Dmitri says:
    April 18, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    There is also this new StackOverlow clone in PHP 5.3, powered by MongoDB. It’s actually a lot more than a “clone”, has many features that SO does not have like ability to follow users, tags and questions and a bunch of other good features. It’s powered by MongoDB.
    I am the lead developer on this project.

    Demo is our support forum: http://support.lampcms.com

  3. Reda says:
    May 13, 2011 at 3:14 am

    The Java community is obviously focued on infrastructure and middleware. As languages mature they find a niche and make it their home. The C familly community is in low level engineering, java is in the middle. Python and Ruby are in the top !

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