# Apache Answer

Question and answer platform for community forums, help centers and team knowledge.

- Replaces: [Stack Overflow for Teams](https://openlogs.fyi/alternatives/stack-overflow-for-teams)
- Summary: Paid team Q&A services, such as Stack Overflow for Teams.
- Stack: Go (language)
- Deployment: docker_compose
- License: Apache-2.0 (osi) [source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/LICENSE)
- Business model: unknown. The README at the pinned commit does not state a business model, so it stays unknown. ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/README.md), read 2026-10-22)
- Difficulty: easy. 1 service, 1 volume mount, no env values to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 0 of 11: easy.
- Requirements: not stated
- Repository: [apache/answer](https://github.com/apache/answer)

## Install

1. Docker with the Compose plugin ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml))

   ```text
   A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.
   ```

2. Save the compose file as docker-compose.yaml ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml))

   ```yaml
   # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
   # distributed with this work for additional information
   # regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
   # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
   # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
   # with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
   #
   #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   #
   # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
   # software distributed under the License is distributed on an
   # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
   # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
   # specific language governing permissions and limitations
   # under the License.
   
   version: "3"
   services:
     answer:
       image: apache/answer
       ports:
         - '9080:80'
       restart: on-failure
       volumes:
         - answer-data:/data
   
   volumes:
     answer-data:
   ```

3. Start it ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml))

   ```bash
   docker compose up -d
   ```

4. Open the app ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml))

   ```text
   Open http://localhost:9080. The compose file publishes host port 9080 for the answer service.
   ```

Compose file check: config_ok on 2026-10-22.

## Gotchas and maintenance

### Gotchas

- Some images use the latest tag or no tag: Images without a pinned version: answer: apache/answer (no tag). A later pull can get a different version. ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml), checked 2026-10-22)
- The compose file publishes host ports: Host ports: 9080 (answer). A port without a host address listens on all host network interfaces. ([source](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml), checked 2026-10-22)

### Signals

Computed from a GitHub snapshot taken 2026-10-22.

- Open issues and pull requests: 134
- Stars: 15701, forks: 1378
- Last push: 2026-10-21 (0 days ago)
- Latest release: v2.0.3 on 2026-10-09 (12 days ago)

## Sources

- [Repository: https://github.com/apache/answer](https://github.com/apache/answer)
- [License: https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/LICENSE](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/LICENSE)
- [Business model: https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/README.md](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/README.md)
- [Compose file: https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml](https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/6744295fa888e0621fc9f9a8ace04f1a4daf8554/docker-compose.yaml)

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Last updated: 2026-10-22