Best Self-Hosting Forums

FAQ

What are Self-Hosting forum communities?

These communities have a forum format, where typically any user can make a post, comment on a post, and upvote/downvote. Hive Index lists 22 self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities. Browse the full Self-Hosting topic for every platform and feature combination, or learn more about Forum communities across topics.

How many Self-Hosting communities with forum are listed?

Hive Index lists 22 self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities. This is a smaller slice of our database, so read trends as directional. See the main Self-Hosting topic for the full community list across platforms and features.

What are the most popular self-hosting forum communities on Hive Index?

r/homelab, Hugging Face Self-Hosted, r/HomeAssistant, and r/Nextcloud are among the most popular self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities, based on visitor interest on Hive Index.

Which platforms have the most self-hosting forum communities?

Independent Platforms (12), Reddit (9), and Discord (2) host the most self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities.

What other features do self-hosting forum communities offer?

Among self-hosting forum communities, other common features include Tools (41%), and Courses (36%).

Are there free self-hosting forum communities?

22 of 22 (100%) self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities are free to join , including:

• r/homelab
• Hugging Face Self-Hosted
• r/HomeAssistant
• r/Nextcloud

How large are self-hosting forum communities?

Hive Index lists 22 self-hosting forum communities in the Hive Index directory of communities. The largest include r/homelab (1.1M members), r/selfhosted (812K members), and r/HomeAssistant (577K members). Median reported size is about 264K members. This is a smaller slice of our database, so read trends as directional.

How do I grow my Self-Hosting community with forum?

List your Self-Hosting community for free on Hive Index and tag it with forum so people searching for self-hosting forum communities can find you. Paid promotion can feature your listing more prominently across relevant pages.

How does Hive Index collect and rank these listings?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for topic relevance, and tagged with features like forum. Hive Index updates platform, member, review, and traffic data where available. Popular reflects visitor interest in the Hive Index directory of communities. These listings in the Hive Index directory of communities were last updated 5/23/2026.