GitHub Discussions

GitHub Discussions is a collaborative communication forum for the community around an open source project. Community members can ask and answer questions, share updates, have open-ended conversations, and follow along on decisions affecting the community's way of working.

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About discussions

Use discussions to ask and answer questions, share information, make announcements, and conduct or participate in a conversation about a project on GitHub.

Participating in a discussion

You can converse with the community and maintainers in a forum within the repository for a project on GitHub.

Moderating discussions

You can promote healthy collaboration by marking comments as answers, locking or unlocking discussions, converting issues to discussions, and editing or deleting comments, discussions, and categories that don't align with your community's code of conduct.

Popular

Granting higher permissions to top contributors

Best practices for community conversations on GitHub

Finding discussions across multiple repositories

Collaborating with maintainers using discussions

Managing categories for discussions in your repository

What's new

Notification emails for discussions

GitHub Discussions is now out of beta!

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Guides

About discussions

Use discussions to ask and answer questions, share information, make announcements, and conduct or participate in a conversation about a project on GitHub.

Participating in a discussion

You can converse with the community and maintainers in a forum within the repository for a project on GitHub.

Moderating discussions

You can promote healthy collaboration by marking comments as answers, locking or unlocking discussions, converting issues to discussions, and editing or deleting comments, discussions, and categories that don't align with your community's code of conduct.

All GitHub Discussions docs

Discussions guides

Best practices for community conversations on GitHub

Finding discussions across multiple repositories

Granting higher permissions to top contributors

Collaborating with your community using discussions

About discussions

Participating in a discussion

Collaborating with maintainers using discussions

Managing discussions for your community

Managing discussions in your repository

Managing categories for discussions in your repository

Moderating discussions

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