Welcome to the Nextcloud Forum App Wiki
A powerful, feature-rich discussion forum integrated seamlessly into your Nextcloud instance.
Overview
The Nextcloud Forum App transforms your Nextcloud into a complete community discussion platform.
It provides a modern, organized space for your team, community, or organization to collaborate
through threaded discussions with rich formatting, file attachments, and granular permission
controls.
Key Features
- Organized Categories - Structure discussions with headers and categories, with customizable
colors and design
- Rich Discussions - BBCode formatting, file attachments, emoji reactions, and mentions
- Smart Notifications - Subscribe to threads, get notified on replies and @mentions
- Role & Team Permissions - Flexible permission system for view, post, reply, and moderation,
assignable to roles or Nextcloud Teams
- Powerful Search - Advanced search with boolean operators and category filtering
- Customizable - Custom BBCodes, roles, category organization, and reusable content templates
- Moderation Tools - Lock, pin, hide, and move threads with role-based access
- Statistics Dashboard - Dashboard widgets for forum activity, top threads, and top categories
- Bookmarks - Save threads for quick access
- Account Profiles - Signatures, post history, and activity tracking
- Drafts - Auto-saved thread drafts per category
- Guest Access - Optional guest viewing and posting for unauthenticated people
- Pagination - Paginated thread lists, replies, bookmarks, and search results
Getting Help
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Whether you're reporting bugs, suggesting features, or submitting code,
your help makes this forum better for everyone.
Enjoy your new forum! Start discussions, build community, and collaborate seamlessly within
Nextcloud.