Welcome to ForumSpark – The Future of Online Communities!

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Are you ready to build a thriving online community?ForumSparkis here to provide all the tools and features you need to create, manage, and grow your forum effortlessly. ForumSpark is designed with you in mind.

Why Choose ForumSpark?

Simple to Use

Inspired by the forum software you know and love, ForumSpark boasts an intuitive UI/UX that’s easy to navigate for both you and your members.

Effortless Forum Management

Managing your forum has never been easier. Our simple administration interface lets you:

• Organize your forum structure effortlessly.

• Edit, rename, and move forums within your tree view.

• Adjust permissions with just a few clicks.

Private Interactions

With ourDirect Messaging System, your members can connect privately, and have deeper connections within your community.

Powerful Moderation Tools

Give your moderators the tools they need to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

Make It Your Own

Customize the look and feel of your community withTheming Tools. Override styles, add templates, and make your forum truly unique.

Built with Modern Technology

ForumSpark is powered by cutting-edge frameworks likeLaravel,Livewire, andAlpine JS, ensuring fast performance, seamless updates, and modern features.

Enhanced Account Security

We take security seriously. Members can enableTwo-Factor Authenticationfor added protection, linking to apps like Google Authenticator.

File Uploads Made Easy

Each board gets250MB of free file storage! Attach files to posts or manage them directly through the admin file manager.

And So Much More...

From robust features to a commitment to innovation, ForumSpark has everything you need to create a successful community.

Get Started Today!

Join the future of forum management withForumSparkand experience what it’s like to have a platform built specifically to support your success.

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Still a Work in Progress

Please note that ForumSpark is continually evolving. While we’re dedicated to delivering a fully functional and feature-rich platform, there may still be areas under development. We encourage and appreciate any feedback, so if you have any suggestions or ideas on how we can improve, don’t hesitate to share them with us!

Nice! Good to see some other free forum softwares popping up again.

I am super happy to see that ForumSpark is returning again! I was happy to see Jamie promoting it a year or so ago, and was a bit sad to see the project get abandoned. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out on this again!

I am super happy to see that ForumSpark is returning again! I was happy to see Jamie promoting it a year or so ago, and was a bit sad to see the project get abandoned. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out on this again!

Moving forward, ForumSpark is here for the long run. I can assure everyone of that. :) We’ve got some great things in store. Now we just need to find some admins willing to create a community on our platform! 😊

I am glad to see it come back too. Looks like progress on the changelog, too!

A noteworthy update:

 

https://support.forumspark.net/topics/forumspark-update.50047

 

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[HEADING=1]Update 19/01/2025[/HEADING]

[HEADING=2]🚀 Features[/HEADING]

• Notify email when a new board is created
  
• Squash forum migrations for faster setup (#37)
  
• Do not include original post in replies count
  
• (marketing) Update homepage links
  
• (domains) Add custom domains
  
• (domains) Add ability to manage primary domain
  
• Add news to admin panel
  
• Add convenience upload to theme images
  
• Add dark toggle for theme images
  
• Reinstate group format with inline bb code
  
• Add API token generation
  
• Add webhook events
  
• Add API v1 endpoints
  
• Add API documentation
  
• Add initial JS APIs
  
• Add default checkbox disabled state
  
• New Default Theme
  
• Add global dark mode setting
  

[HEADING=2]🐛 Bug Fixes[/HEADING]

• Send owner email verification when new board is created
  
• Theme image url on upload
  
• Theme image width
  
• Resolve inline formatter from cache
  
• Redirect on group create form previously took the user to the ranks listing
  
• Update signature caused birthday toggles to change
  
• Prevent deletion of default theme
  
• Issue where board was not set for queued tasks
  

[HEADING=2]The latest changes, updates and bug fixes on ForumSpark[/HEADING]

[HEADING=2][1.2.2] - 2025-02-05[/HEADING]

 

🚀 Features

 

• Theme stylesheet editor no refresh on save and autosaving
  
• Add save keyboard shortcut to theme css editor
  

 

🐛 Bug Fixes

 

• Guest layout for error pages causes exception
  
• Better error handling on board registration
  
• Active topics no longer include first post in count
  

 

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

 

- Update marketing cta wording

 

[HEADING=2][1.2.1] - 2025-01-30[/HEADING]

 

🚀 Features

 

• Add guest layout to themes
  
• Web component modal response to dark mode setting
  

 

[HEADING=2][1.2.0] - 2025-01-30[/HEADING]

 

🚀 Features

• Show notification count in favicon
  
• Additional theme tokens for panels
  
• Apply board theme to auth screens
  

🐛 Bug Fixes

 

• Js error on guest layout initialising user
  
• Shoutbox multiple livewire roots
  
• Spelling error moderator panel
  
• ToDataURL on favicon counter
  
• Do not show reactions div if no reactions related to post
  

[HEADING=2] [1.1.6] - 2025-01-28[/HEADING]

🚀 Features

- Increase template and layout sizes to 10k and 50k respectively

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Webhook topics should allow more than one subscription
  
• Users endpoint not returning user
  
• Board time layout when viewing as guest in mobile
  

[HEADING=2][1.1.5] - 2025-01-23[/HEADING]

🚀 Features

- Latest user is now determined by creation time and not id

 

🐛 Bug Fixes

 

- More strict with worker jobs and multi-tenancy

 

Create your free forum

The latest improvements:

 

[HEADING=1]Release 1.2.6[/HEADING]

[HEADING=2]Features[/HEADING]

• Ability to select a best answer in forums with the feature enabled
  
• Ability to view poll results before voting
  
• BREAKING replace frontend_secret with short lived JWTs for frontend extensions (documentation to follow)
  
• Admin can remove 2FA for user via admin panel
  
• Admin can remove avatar for user via admin panel
  
• BREAKING Drop name entirely in favour of usernamme
  
• Ability to promote users to new user group based on post count
  
• Replace Livewire session expired alert with a user friendly modal
  
• Allow admin to remove board favicon if one was previously set.
  

[HEADING=2]Bug Fixes[/HEADING]

• Add noreferrer to external links
  
• Mark new topics as read for the author
  
• Maintain (new) mentions if a user changes their name
  
• Favicon alert counter now sets immediately on page load
  
• Remove whitespace gap for newest member in board stats
  

[HEADING=2]Miscellaneous Tasks[/HEADING]

• Minor cleanups with internal documentation
  

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[HEADING=1]June 6th - Release 1.2.4[/HEADING]

 

[HEADING=2]Features[/HEADING]

• Admins now have the ability to remove avatars from a user via the admin area
  
• New Merge Topic moderation action
  
• Groups can now be allocated as moderators to forums
  

[HEADING=2]Bug Fixes[/HEADING]

• Timezones are now generated based on environment rather than a hard-coded list
  
• Admin user form did not previously select current user group for user
  

[HEADING=2]Other[/HEADING]

• Query optimisation in topic watchers
  
• Minor optimisation in how the next member number is allocated
  

Have you created or considered Google Ads or social media ad campaigns?

Have you created or considered Google Ads or social media ad campaigns?

We haven’t. I suppose you could say we’re giving it a slow start and see how it goes. But creating forums isn’t as popular as 10 years ago. Plus social media audience isn’t really looking for places to build communities on. They’ll likely just use groups. So a social media ad campaign would probably be a waste of time and money.

I'm happy to see an update on ForumSpark! It's great to see the best answers feature has been added, I look forward to seeing FS grow!