# What software powers these forums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta Elastic\ **Created:** [February 14, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-software-powers-these-forums/41712 "2016-02-14T07:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adamd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@adamd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adamd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-software-powers-these-forums/41712/1 "2016-02-14T07:35:22Z")
I like the Elastic discussion forums - they have a clean design and work well. Just out of curiosity, are they a custom implementation, or are they powered by some reusable forum software (open source or otherwise)? ---
**Author:** ![voipoclay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/voipoclay/32/4372_2.png) [@voipoclay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/voipoclay)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-software-powers-these-forums/41712/2 "2016-02-14T08:01:31Z")
> **[Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/)** > > Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more! ---
**Author:** ![adamd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@adamd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adamd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-software-powers-these-forums/41712/3 "2016-02-14T08:14:23Z")
Ah! Great to know - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-software-powers-these-forums/41712/4 "2017-07-06T13:46:59Z")