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Unlike phpBB or Vanilla Forums, the entire interface updates in real time — new posts, likes and notifications appear without page reloads, giving your community a modern experience without the SaaS subscription.\n\nDeployed on a ServOrbit VPS, Flarum runs in two Docker containers: MariaDB 10.11 for data and crazymax\u002Fflarum for the PHP application. The first startup automatically installs the database, creates the admin account and anchors your domain URL. Everything is managed from the built-in admin panel.\n\nFlarum's Composer-based extension system gives you hundreds of community packages: polls, badges, SSO (OAuth2, LDAP), private messaging, Markdown extensions, custom pages and much more — installed in one click or one command, no code changes required.",[25,26,27,28,29,30,31],"Real-time updates without page reloads — new posts, notifications and likes appear instantly.","Powerful extension system — install community extensions for polls, badges, SSO, private messaging and more.","Built-in full-text search — find discussions and posts instantly across your entire forum.","Granular permissions — configure public, semi-private or fully private access per user group.","Email notifications and digest emails — keep your community engaged without constant log-ins.","Mobile-optimised single-page app — smooth, fast experience on any device.","Built-in JSON:API — connect Flarum to your existing tools and automations.",[33,36,39],{"title":34,"body":35},"Developer community forum","Host a support and discussion space for your open-source project, SaaS product or developer tool — on your own domain, with full control over moderation and data.",{"title":37,"body":38},"Customer support community","Let customers help each other, reduce your support ticket volume and build a searchable, evergreen knowledge base of solved problems — all on your own server.",{"title":40,"body":41},"Private team discussion board","Use Flarum as an internal async discussion board for your team — private groups, per-project tags and email digests keep everyone aligned without constant meetings.",[43,46,49,52,55],{"title":44,"body":45},"Attach a domain before deploying","Flarum locks its public URL (FLARUM_BASE_URL) at first startup. It cannot be changed without recreating the volumes. Attach your domain from your ServOrbit client area before clicking Deploy.",{"title":47,"body":48},"Deploy from the Marketplace","Marketplace → Collaboration → Flarum → Deploy. Two containers start: MariaDB 10.11 and the Flarum application. The full installation takes 60 to 90 seconds.",{"title":50,"body":51},"Change the default password","Go to your domain \u002Fadmin, log in as flarum \u002F flarum and immediately change the password from Administration → Profile.",{"title":53,"body":54},"Configure your forum","Set the forum title, description and cover image in the admin panel. Enable public registration or restrict it to invitations.",{"title":56,"body":57},"Install extensions","From Administration → Extensions, enable polls, markdown-editor, SSO and other community extensions in one click, or install any Composer package via SSH.",[59,62,65,68,71],{"q":60,"a":61},"Does Flarum require a domain name?","Yes. Flarum locks FLARUM_BASE_URL at first startup — it cannot be changed without recreating the volumes. Attach your domain before deploying.",{"q":63,"a":64},"What are the default credentials?","The default admin account is flarum \u002F flarum. Change the password immediately at \u002Fadmin after the first login.",{"q":66,"a":67},"How much RAM does Flarum need?","Flarum with MariaDB runs comfortably on 512 MB of RAM. 1 GB is recommended for an active forum with dozens of concurrent users.",{"q":69,"a":70},"Can I install extensions?","Yes. Flarum has a rich extension ecosystem. Install from Administration → Extensions or via `composer require` inside the container over SSH.",{"q":72,"a":73},"Is Flarum free?","Yes. Flarum is open-source software under the MIT licence. No per-seat cost, no vendor lock-in. 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Structured documentation, full-text search and fine-grained access control.",{"name":103,"slug":104,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":92,"categoryColor":93,"logo":105,"tagline":106,"description":107},"Mattermost","mattermost","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.simpleicons.org\u002Fmattermost","Secure, self-hosted team messaging — the sovereign alternative to Slack and Teams.","Secure, self-hosted team messaging. Channels, threads, integrations — without depending on Slack or Teams.",{"name":109,"slug":110,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":92,"categoryColor":93,"logo":111,"tagline":112,"description":113},"Nextcloud","nextcloud","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.simpleicons.org\u002Fnextcloud","Private team cloud — files, calendars, contacts and collaboration on your own infrastructure.","Storage, sharing and team collaboration. Your files, calendars and contacts on your own infrastructure.",[115],"self-host-flarum-vps",{"key":12,"slug":13,"name":92,"objective":117,"icon":118,"color":93},"Share information and collaborate.","collab",1789939276765]