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Talkyard
What Talkyard is
Talkyard is a coworker discussion forum for sharing knowledge, collecting ideas, and building products. Its Q&A knowledge base surfaces answers to repeated questions and helps users find unanswered ones. Teams can gather ideas, sort them by Like votes, and discuss arguments for and against them. Threaded discussions include navigation between comments and their parent, which helps with long conversations. Team tools include categories, custom user groups, permissions, and task assignment. Talkyard can add comments to blogs while sharing accounts between the blog and forum; listed options include Ghost, Hugo, Gatsby, Jekyll, Hexo, Zola, and copy-paste HTML. The software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License and can run on a self-managed Debian 12 server with Docker. Hosted plans include daily off-site backups and secure HTTPS. Pricing starts at €4/mo per active coworker, with a first-month trial and no credit card required.
Who it suits
Talkyard suits teams that need internal discussions, searchable Q&A, idea voting, and blog comments. Self-hosting is available for organizations using Debian 12 with Docker.
What it does well
- Q&A surfaces repeated answers
- Idea sorting by Like votes
- Threaded discussion navigation
- Custom groups, permissions, and task assignment
- Daily off-site backups on hosted plans
What to know first
- No free plan
- Chat is described as fairly basic
- Business plan requires €300 monthly minimum
- Write API requires contacting Talkyard
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Business | per active coworker; Min €300 / month (25 coworkers) · 6,000 monthly transactional emails per active coworker · 2 GB file storage per active coworker · Dedicated server · Dedicated email support | €12 a month |
| Standard | per active coworker · Unlimited external members · 2,000 monthly transactional emails per active coworker · 0.2 GB file storage per active coworker | €4 a month |
| Enterprise | Email [email protected] · Includes Business · Professional services: initial configuration assistance, usage review and suggestions, one-on-one guidance | On request |
As talkyard.io lists them, read 5 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Talkyard combines team discussions, Q&A, idea management, and blog commenting. It is more focused on structured collaboration than on full-featured chat.
Facts from Talkyard's own pages
- Authentication
- The Standard plan lists password and social login, OpenID Connect, Azure AD, and ADFS. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Blog comments
- Talkyard can add comments to a blog and share user accounts between the forum and blog comments. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Blog platforms
- Talkyard lists Ghost, Hugo, Gatsby, Jekyll, Hexo, Zola, and copy-paste HTML as blog comment integration options. · forum.talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Chat limitation
- Talkyard describes its chat as fairly basic and says Slack, Mattermost, Zulip, and Rocket.Chat are better for chatting. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Discussions
- Talkyard supports threaded discussions and lets users navigate large discussions by jumping to a parent comment and back. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Ideation
- Users can gather ideas, sort them by Like votes, and discuss arguments for and against them. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Standard plan includes a read API and webhooks; enabling the write API requires contacting Talkyard. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Open source and hosting
- Talkyard is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License and can be installed on a self-managed server. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Talkyard is a coworker discussion forum for sharing knowledge, upvoting ideas, and building products. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Q&A knowledge base
- Talkyard surfaces answers to repeated questions and helps users find unanswered questions. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- The pricing page says all plans include daily off-site backups and secure HTTPS connections. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- Talkyard asks people to report security issues by email and not to post them publicly before they are fixed. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting requirement
- The installation page specifies a Debian 12 server with Docker for self-hosting. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Business plan includes dedicated email support, while the Enterprise plan includes professional services. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Team features
- The product supports team categories, custom user groups, permissions, and task assignment. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The first month is a free trial, and the pricing page says no credit card is needed. · talkyard.io, 5 Oct 2026
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