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Fider vs wp-discourse
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars, 852 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped yesterday. wp-discourse has 544 stars, 114 forks, 20 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Fider leads on adoption by 733% (4,530 vs 544 stars). Fider is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; wp-discourse is written in PHP under GPL-3.0. Fider has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, wp-discourse 21%. Fider was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Fider | wp-discourse | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 544 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 852 | ⑂ 114 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Fider if
- You weight community size — 4.5K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick wp-discourse if
- You want the wp-discourse feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and wp-discourse fits your workflow better
About Fider
Fider is an open source, self hostable feedback portal, written in Go under the AGPL 3.0 licence, that lets a product team collect feature requests and suggestions from its customers and hear directly what they need.
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About wp-discourse
WP Discourse is a WordPress plugin that acts as an interface between a WordPress site and a Discourse community. It lives in the WordPress plugin ecosystem and is written in PHP, distributed under the GPL 3.0 license. The plugin does not install or bundle Discourse itself; a Discourse forum must already exist before the integration will work. The two applications communicate through the Discourse API, which means the blog and the forum can run on separate servers, and the project documentation strongly recommends hosting them separately because their hosting requirements differ considerably.
read the full wp-discourse overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fider or wp-discourse more popular?
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars and wp-discourse has 544. Fider has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fider and wp-discourse free?
Both are open source. Fider is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and wp-discourse under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Fider and wp-discourse?
Fider is written in Go and wp-discourse in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Fider or wp-discourse?
Choose Fider if you want the larger community (4,530 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose wp-discourse if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.