A better forum platform for the modern web.
NodeBB is next generation community forum software. It's powerful, mobile-ready and easy to use.
Looking for a way to engage your followers, away from the noise and chaos of today’s “social” sites?
NodeBB takes the spirit and energy of the great online forum communities of old, and empowers it with powerful, mobile-ready and easy to use software.
Establish your own platform for real conversations. Start today!
NodeBB powers thousands of community forums. These are just a few:
MAXON DEVELOPERS
sketchucation
Cloudron
ironheart.co.uk
Basenji Forums
Want to see more or submit your own? Visit our showcase.
Give your audience a platform with NodeBB
Select the forum option that works best for you:
Open Source
Self-starters and developers, nodejs enthusiasts
For the tech savvy DIY pro, install and maintain NodeBB on your own server.
One Click Forum Hosting
Growing businesses and groups
Get your forum going right away with our monthly hosting plans.
Enterprise
Custom-built solutions for large corporations
A tailored, high-performance forum for enterprise customers that integrates with your existing infrastructure.
Open Source
Self-starters and developers, nodejs enthusiasts
For the tech savvy DIY pro, install and maintain NodeBB on your own server.
One Click Forum Hosting
Growing businesses and groups
Get your forum going right away with our monthly hosting plans.
Enterprise
Custom-built solutions for large corporations
A tailored, high-performance forum for enterprise customers that integrates with your existing infrastructure.
“When we decided it was time to revamp our community we contemplated several possible solutions. We opted for NodeBB, and we couldn't be happier. Numbers confirm that our user engagement skyrocketed. There was not a single comment from our users that would say that the old forums were better which, I think, speaks for itself.”
Arthur Matczak Opera, Software Engineer
“The NodeBB support team is available whenever we run into trouble. NodeBB is the most attractive piece of open source forum software we’ve found. The migration process was surprisingly simple. The UI is great, our users really like it, and the performance is excellent.”
Jim Thompson Netgate, CTO
"The customer forum for our Redshift product plays a huge role in connecting our team with our customers. We chose to upgrade our existing forum and needed some assistance. NodeBB responded with a reasonable quote and a plan for a surprisingly painless migration process. Not only did they help us meet our ambitious deadlines but they were quick to respond to challenges and provide solutions."
Christina Patchell, Maxon
"We have considerable prior experience with several other well-known forums, and NodeBB beats all of them for our needs, including safety and security for minors, simplicity of use, reliability for academic records, stability under heavy load, and richness of features sufficient to even engage media-saturated teens.Schools are not big money customers, but the NodeBB team always treats us like we are important to them."
Jeff Gilbert, The Potter's School
"An important part of Walton's recent growth in the retail market has been the creation of our informational website, meatgistics.com. As the community has grown, so has the number of features we have offered them to keep them interested and engaged. None of that would have been possible without a huge amount of assistance from NodeBB.Through the last 6 years of working with NodeBB they have always done a great job supporting us!"
Jonathon Tremblay, Walton's/Meatgistics
“Working with the fantastic team at NodeBB (highly recommended, by the way), we quickly spun up a new Q&A using our existing database. We actually saw an increase in traffic, nearly starting at day one. In fact, in the two months after the migration, organic Google traffic to Q&A pages was up nearly 19%. This was definitely a delightful migration.”
Cyrus Shephard, MOZ