Discourse

Live Discourse forum we host as a demo. Self-hosted, fully customized, ready for member communities, support, and internal knowledge bases.

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Built for long conversations

Discourse treats each topic as a shared space, not a feed that pushes content out of view. Posts stay findable, context stays attached, and discussions stop restarting every week.

When a forum makes sense

Discourse works well when your members, customers, or team need a place to coordinate that's more structured than chat and more searchable than email. Good fits include trade associations, professional networks, customer support communities, internal knowledge bases, and long-running discussions that need to be findable months later.

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What we customize

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Branding and theme

Colors, typography, and layout matched to your identity so the forum looks like part of your site, not a third-party add-on.

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Access and permissions

Private, semi-private, or public. Role-based categories, single sign-on when needed, and controls over who can read, post, and moderate.

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Categories and structure

Category layout built around how your community actually works, not a generic template. Tags, sub-categories, and pinned topics configured for your use case.

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Hosting and maintenance

Self-hosted on our infrastructure with backups, upgrades, and monitoring handled for you. No per-seat licensing costs.

Add video calls when chat isn't enough

For the moments a thread needs real faces, we can add Jitsi for video calls inside Discourse. Start a call from a topic, the meeting link posts to the thread, and access follows the forum's permissions. Self-hosted alongside the forum with no third-party accounts. €20/month extra for the bandwidth and server.

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