ThreadForge features

What ThreadForge does today. Every item below is built and running; you can try most of it in the demo community.

Core & platform

API-first, header-versioned REST
Multi-tenant by Host (custom domains, subdomains)
Host your community under a path on your own domain (e.g. example.com/forum/)
Headless
Cursor pagination
UI i18n (next-intl): locale from cookie; Profile language preference syncs to app and content
Integrations (webhook-only): Slack, Discord, Zapier, Jira, custom URLs
Embeddable topic widget: iframe embed for board, trending, or tag feeds; admin host allowlist
API keys: secret and restricted (scoped) keys, each acting as its own bot member; roll with a grace period, revoke
Request logs for every API key request, with per-key rate limits and idempotent retries
Member verifications: link a Discord account to a forum member, confirmed by the member
Discord member gate sample bot: a role for forum members only, removed when they are suspended or banned

Best-in-class for forum software: ReBAC (relationship-based access control) with policies, groups, and board-level scoping.

ReBAC: policies define who can read, write, or moderate per board
First-class groups with read/write assignments (e.g. "Beta testers", "VIP")
Self-managing groups: joinable with optional requirements and approval flow
User-created groups (clans/guilds): members create groups, manage members, use in policies
Board-level policy override or inherit from parent/category
Anonymous vs member vs moderator scoping; public-readable boards
Node-scoped moderation: moderators only where they have access
Explain access: preview how any member or guest sees a board
Search, notifications, and feeds filtered by readable boards only
Versioned permission cache invalidation for consistent enforcement

Member onboarding: pick interests (boards, tags), auto-follow, notification preset (daily/weekly digest, realtime, minimal)
Trust levels (TL0/TL1/TL2) with gating for links, DMs, post frequency
Rate limiting (per-IP and per-account) for signups, joins, posts, DMs, reactions, links
Home feed: Following and For You tabs; admin ranking sliders (freshness vs quality, featured boost, trending)
Profile: bio, expertise tags (filterable), Subject matter expert badge, Top contributors
Catch-up page: unreads, mentions, threads with new replies; jump to latest
Email digests (daily/weekly): Top in boards you follow, Unreads, Mentions; AI summaries when available; open-rate tracking
Feeds respect mute/block and shadow-hidden posts

Reply via email (reply to topic notifications by email)
Support page — help, report content, community guidelines
Reactions (Unicode + community emoji)
Custom reactions (weighted; net score)
Reputation score (profile)
Badges & trust (achievement badges, auto-award first topic/first reply)
Follows (topics, boards, users)
Watched content page (followed topics/boards)
Topic-follow notifications (email, push when new replies in followed topics)
Jump to first unread and Mark as read on topic pages; topic read progress bar (Top, position, Skip to last, Back)
Bookmarks
Notifications
Desktop notifications (Web Push)
DMs (conversations)
Thread summary bar (views, likes, links, participants)
Engagement scoring (foundation)

Thread summaries
AI Reply Assist: draft a reply, add citations to earlier posts, or suggest follow-up questions; improve clarity, shorten, fix grammar, or adjust tone of your draft — quotes, links and mentions stay intact, and you review every suggestion before it is inserted
Material edit detection
Share Recap: headline, bullets, key quote — copy for sharing
AI post translation: on-demand translation of posts into viewer locale; cached; Translate/Show original in UI; API and optional ?includeTranslations on topic GET

Post reporting (extensible; categories: spam, harassment, inappropriate, translation, other)
Reporting queue (mod UX, triage)
Bulk moderation: bulk mark resolved, archive posts, approve topics
Inline moderation: Warn author and Archive post on post cards
Shadow hide post, silence user, throttle user
Automod rules (keyword, domain, repeated, caps, mentions, emojis)
Mute thread / mute user; block user (feeds and search respect)
User warnings
Audit log
Moderation actions

Full-text search (topics and posts)
Facets: board, tag, author, time range, content type
Related threads (similar by tags, board; canonical threads boosted)
Canonical threads: mod-driven; AI summary pinned at top; Frequently Referenced badge
Subscribe to search: save searches, get notified when new topics match (instant or digest)

SSR
JSON-LD
sitemap.xml
Canonical tags
robots.txt
Numbered topic pages with canonical and prev/next tags, and permanent post links that survive pagination

Federation OFF by default; safe defaults for new communities
Board actors; WebFinger, Actor, Inbox, Outbox endpoints
Follow/subscribe from Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.; allowlist/blocklist
Inbox hardening: per-instance rate limiting, circuit breaker, rejection logging
Thread previews (title, excerpt, AI summary) with canonical links
Federation discoverability: activity+json link on board pages; Follow on Fediverse button; handle mentions on home, footer, admin notices

Admin dashboard (health metrics)
Launch wizard: guided go-live checklist
Launch dashboard: activation funnel, content health, retention cohorts — CSV export
Seed tools: create seed threads, import starter pack, evergreen marking for cold-start feed
Site analytics: daily active users, posts/topics per day, top boards, engagement trends
Invite-only community (admin toggle; create and manage invites)
Accessibility & compliance: AA default, AAA option, display preferences (font scale, reduce motion, underline links), theme derivation from colors, semantic report, CI contrast validation
Inbound link analytics (top topics, top referrers, daily breakdown)
Google Ad Manager ad slots (per-community, with ad-free groups) and ads.txt
Attachments and asset management
User ranks (MediaSet type rank)
Avatars and avatar categories (custom + Gravatar fallback)
Post icons and categories
Plugin system (embed provider)
Maintenance area (script registry)