# Best Community / Social Boilerplates

3 kits, 1 free. Canonical page: https://topboilerplates.com/community-boilerplates

## Mastodon
https://topboilerplates.com/mastodon
Framework: Ruby on Rails | Pricing: Free | GitHub stars: 50200
The self-hosted, federated microblogging server behind the biggest corner of the fediverse.

## Discourse
https://topboilerplates.com/discourse
Framework: Ruby on Rails | Pricing: Freemium, from $1 | GitHub stars: 47700
The open-source forum engine behind thousands of dev, gaming, and support communities.

## NodeBB
https://topboilerplates.com/nodebb
Framework: Express / Node | Pricing: Freemium, from $0 | GitHub stars: 15200
A forum platform built on Node.js and WebSockets instead of Discourse's Rails stack.