#15 in Collaboration & CommunicationUpdated 2026-08

Storyden

by Storyden · Self-hosted forum and community knowledge library

53.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Storyden is an open-source community platform that presents discussion threads in the style of an old bulletin board forum, alongside a Library of structured, organised pages for material meant to last. It runs from a single Docker image, stores data in SQLite or PostgreSQL and files on the filesystem or S3, and exposes an OpenAPI-described API with a headless option.

Best for: Groups that want a self-hosted forum plus a library of lasting pages, on their own hardware.
Pricing: No prices are shown; the software is released as open source under the MIT licence and run on your own infrastructure.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

MIT-licensed and self-hosted, so the data stays on your servers
Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL, with files on disk or S3
Starts from one docker run; needs 100 MB RAM and 1 CPU
OpenAPI spec, 89 endpoints, and a headless option

Trade-offs

Small project: 324 GitHub stars and 18 contributors listed
You host and maintain it yourself; no managed option shown
No pricing, support or SLA information published
Homepage shows no moderation or user-management detail

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 15 out of 100
Documentation: 75 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 64 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 55 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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