# Is there a tutorial on how to build a Jekyll Forum?

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/is-there-a-tutorial-on-how-to-build-a-jekyll-forum/1945>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/is-there-a-tutorial-on-how-to-build-a-jekyll-forum/1945 "2018-07-06T23:48:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codenamerockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@codenamerockey](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/codenamerockey)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/is-there-a-tutorial-on-how-to-build-a-jekyll-forum/1945/1 "2018-07-06T23:48:56Z")

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I am trying to build a forum very similar to the Jekyll talk forum is there a tutorial or a github repo that has a shell, or is there another site I can go to that would show a beginner how to build this type of forum?

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/is-there-a-tutorial-on-how-to-build-a-jekyll-forum/1945/2 "2018-07-07T02:27:39Z")

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this forum is Discourse - an open source forum.

> **[Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/)**
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> Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more!

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**Author:** ![codenamerockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@codenamerockey](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/codenamerockey)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/is-there-a-tutorial-on-how-to-build-a-jekyll-forum/1945/3 "2018-07-07T02:41:08Z")

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Thank you so much Rdyar for the information and response so quickly.