Askbot

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| released = {{start date and age|2011}}

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| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}

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| programming language = Python (Django)

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| genre = Web-based Q&A system

| license = GPL3 or later

| website = {{URL|askbot.com}}

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Askbot is open source software used to create question and answer oriented Internet forums. The site started in July 2009,{{cite web

| url=https://github.com/ASKBOT

| title=ASKBOT on GitHub

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| accessdate=2015-04-07}} initially similar to Stack Overflow or Yahoo! Answers.{{cite web

| url = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Askbot

| work = Fedora Project Wiki

| title = Askbot

| accessdate = 2015-04-07}} Based on CNPROG{{cite web

| url=https://code.google.com/p/cnprog/

| title=CNProg: A Django Q&A system with community features

| accessdate = 2015-04-07}}{{cite web

| url=https://github.com/chagel/CNPROG

| title=An open source Q&A(question and answer) eco-system

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| accessdate = 2015-04-07}} and some code written for OSQA, it is primarily developed and maintained by Evgeny Fadeev.{{cite web

| url = https://github.com/orgs/ASKBOT/people

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| website = GitHub

| accessdate = 2015-04-07}}

Websites use Askbot to run their Q&A sites. Askbot can be easily installed by using the documentation{{Cite web|url=http://www.techbrown.com/install-configure-askbot-centos-ubuntu-debian.shtml|title=How to Install and Configure AskBot|last=Raha|first=Gopal}} on Ubuntu and CentOS.

The Document Foundation put some funds in AskBot development.{{cite web|url=https://www.mail-archive.com/board-discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg03359.html|quote=The budget for the AskBot improvements will be topped up by 2.000 €, to foster further improvements.|title=Bod minutes from 2014-09-01}} and LibreOffice used Askbot for [http://ask.libreoffice.org/ Q&A] but they decided to migrate to Discourse,{{Cite web|title=[libreoffice-website] Important: AskBot migration – The Document Foundation Mailing List Archives|url=https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/2021/msg00096.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=listarchives.libreoffice.org}} as Fedora had done before with its [https://ask.fedoraproject.org/ Q&A].