Self-Hosted Knowledge Base Software
Self-hosted knowledge base software gives you complete ownership of your organization's intellectual capital without depending on external vendors or trusting third parties with sensitive information. Scoold runs entirely on your infrastructure, whether on-premises or in a private cloud, so documentation and institutional knowledge never leaves your direct control. Combine proven Q&A workflows with powerful search for knowledge that stays alive.
Deploy Anywhere in Minutes
Scoold ships as a Docker image, standalone JAR, or native binary ready for immediate deployment. Pull the container, point it at your database, and your knowledge base is live. No complex installation wizards or multi-service architectures to manage. A single instance handles thousands of concurrent users comfortably, and horizontal scaling is straightforward when your organization requires additional capacity.
Your Data Stays on Your Servers
Compliance requirements, client contracts, or internal security policies may prohibit sending organizational data to third-party SaaS platforms hosted in jurisdictions you cannot control. Self-hosting Scoold eliminates that concern entirely. All questions, answers, file attachments, and user data reside on infrastructure you own and operate. Back up on your own schedule using your existing tools and processes.
Q&A Format Drives Contribution
Static documentation tools depend on a few dedicated writers who rarely have bandwidth to keep content updated. Scoold distributes that effort across the entire team by making contribution frictionless. Anyone can ask a question, anyone can answer. Voting surfaces the best responses automatically. Reputation and badges reward helpful contributors, creating a self-sustaining cycle of continuous knowledge capture.
Integrate with Your Identity Provider
Connect Scoold to your existing authentication system through LDAP, SAML 2.0, or OAuth 2.0 without complex middleware or custom development. Users sign in with corporate credentials and land in the right spaces automatically based on directory group membership. SCIM provisioning in Scoold Pro handles employee onboarding and offboarding without manual intervention from your IT team. Authentication failures surface in your existing monitoring dashboards immediately.
Connect to Slack, Teams, and Mattermost
Your team already lives in their chat tool and resists context switching to separate applications. Scoold meets them there with native integrations. Post questions from Slack or Microsoft Teams, receive notifications when answers arrive, and link conversations to permanent knowledge base entries. This bridges real-time communication and long-term documentation without forcing workflow changes. Knowledge quality improves continuously through collective curation and regular contributions.
Open Source Foundation You Can Trust
Scoold Community is Apache 2.0 licensed. Inspect every line of source code, audit for vulnerabilities, modify to fit specific needs, or contribute improvements back to the project. No vendor lock-in, no opaque proprietary binaries running on your servers. Scoold Pro extends this open foundation with enterprise features while preserving the same self-hosted, transparent deployment model.
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Join hundreds of organizations using Scoold Pro to capture and share knowledge effectively. Choose between a self-hosted license or a cloud subscription.