Forums made
simple.
Beautiful, fast, and free — Flarum is the open‑source forum software your community has been waiting for.
Everything you need
Community
platform
Flarum scales from small hobby communities to large enterprise forums. Customise every aspect through a rich ecosystem of extensions.
Discover extensionsGroups & permissions
Assign permissions to groups, control member access across categories, and keep things tidy with built-in moderation and flagging.
Styling & themes
Customise via admin settings, install themes, or write custom CSS that propagates across your entire forum automatically.
Powerful editor
Choose from lightweight Markdown editors to full WYSIWYG — Flarum supports both, meeting users wherever they are comfortable.
Notify & engage
In-browser notifications, email digests, and real-time websocket extensions keep your community active and coming back.
Extend endlessly
Hundreds of community-built extensions are available. Build your own, or commission custom development — the API makes it possible.
Secure by default
Built on Laravel with security best practices throughout. Regular core updates keep your community protected.
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Join the community
Flarum is built by passionate developers and contributors. There’s always room for more.
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Learn how to harness Flarum's extensibility to create extensions and customise your community.
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Help us make Flarum better. Every bug report, pull request, and documentation improvement counts.
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Communities of all shapes and sizes rely on Flarum. Here are a few.
giffgaff
As a leading British telephone network, giffgaff serves millions of customers. Through innovative use of Flarum, they've built up a passionate peer support community, improving support and engaging customers.
DevNL
A perfect example of Flarum's customizability. This highly customised Dutch developer community has a unique layout, with beautiful elements like a custom loader. Created by the author of the popular SEO and Support Platform extensions.
Sunrise UPC LLC
Leading provider of communication and entertainment in Switzerland. Their Flarum community creates a framework for healthy togetherness while supporting their customers with an appealing, user-friendly community experience.
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Flarum 2.0 was made possible with financial support from the NLnet Foundation through the NGI Zero grant programme.