Discourse

Communication — A modern, open-source platform designed for hosting discussions and building engaged communities

Communicationopen-sourceest. 2014

▲ Rising

Category standing real

66th pctl · Communication

25.7

Signal score

0–100 composite · real

#952

Category rank

of 3,277 · real

63th

Universe percentile

vs 79,105 modeled · real

Mortality P(dead)

model est. · model est.

Signal trajectory

real

Signal 11.1 → 16.3 across 30 readings (+5.2). Composite of press, GitHub velocity, community heat, liveness and funding.

Cross-sectional profile

percentile rank vs 79,105 modeled products

Signal (universe) real

Signal (category) real

Profile maturity real

Tag breadth real

Network position sparse

Press footprint sparse

Percentiles computed over the modeled cohort (embedding + signal + tags). Sparse dimensions — network and press — reflect that most products have zero, so a single edge or mention lifts the rank; read those with the coverage flag.

Mortality outlook

model estimate

P(inactive)

Low risk

Higher risk than 2% of the universe.

This is a model estimate, not a verdict. 78,505 of the 79,105 modeled products are unlabeled and scored by the model only.

LightGBM · binary mortality (dead vs surviving)
Held-out AUC 0.71 · CV AUC 0.79 ± 0.05 · Brier 0.21
Trained on 600 verified labels (150 dead / 450 surviving)
Leakage-guarded: excludes status, discontinued_year, profile_maturity
Top drivers: tag breadth, signal, vintage, liveness, business model

n=600 is thin → 95% CI on AUC ≈ ±0.10. Treat as a directional signal, not a calibrated probability.

Analyst read

generated from the metrics above · no external narrative

Discourse sits in the 63th percentile of Launch Sentinel's 79,105-product universe by signal, ranked #952 of 3,277 in Communication. The mortality model puts its probability of going inactive at 1% — a model estimate with a wide confidence band. It sits on the competitive-alternatives graph with 1 linked rival, so the comparable set below leans on curated edges. Signal momentum is positive (WoW +47.1).

Comparable set

curated alternatives → functional tag-similarity

Company	Basis	Signal	P(dead)
Sharetronixentertainment	tag-overlap	18.6	78%
Hackpad (Open-sourced)productivity	tag-overlap	18.6	48%
Terrakubedev-tools	tag-overlap	32.9	12%
Chryz-Hub Blogscommunication	similar	32.9	3%
Particleproductivity	tag-overlap	15.7	14%
FreeFeedentertainment	tag-overlap	15.7	29%
ClearFlaskcommunication	similar	32.9	1%
Mastodon 2.0entertainment	tag-overlap	25.7	9%

Confidence reflects source and category coherence: curated = an editorially linked alternative; similar = strong functional tag-overlap in the same category; tag-overlap = shared tags only and may be noisy. Signal & P(dead) are real / model.

Structure

observed attributes

Business modelopen-source

Liveness tierfading

Open sourceNo

Public APINo

Free tierNo

Enterprise tierNo

Funding & team

real

3 disclosed funding rounds on record, 1 founder resolved. See the full cap table on the product profile →