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Foreum 🚀

Foreum is an all-in-one solution for building engaging community spaces. Whether you’re creating a product support forum, an internal discussion board, or a vibrant community platform, Foreum provides everything you need out of the box:

  • 🔒 Enterprise-grade Authentication with Better Auth
  • 🎨 Beautiful UI powered by shadcn-svelte components
  • 🚄 Lightning-fast Performance with SvelteKit
  • 🔧 Type-safe Backend using tRPC and Drizzle ORM
  • 📱 Responsive Design for all devices
  • 🌓 Dark/Light Themes built-in, also customizable in the admin section

Features

Core Features

  • 🔐 Advanced Authentication

    • Email/Password with username support
    • Email verification & password reset
    • OAuth/SSO integration ready

  • 📝 Rich Discussion Tools

    • Markdown/Rich text editor
    • Thread categories and tags
    • Upvotes and reactions
    • File attachments

  • 👥 User Management

    • Customizable profiles
    • Role-based permissions
    • Moderation tools
    • Activity tracking

Technical Features

  • ⚡ Performance-First Architecture

    • Server-side rendering with SvelteKit

    • Type-safe APIs with tRPC

    • Efficient database queries with Drizzle ORM

    • Modern UI/UX Responsive design with customizable Dark/light themes and Loading states & animations

    • Modern stack: SvelteKit + tRPC + Drizzle + Better Auth, great DX and strong type-safety across the stack.

    • Plug-and-play authentication: email/password with optional username support, email OTP for verification and reset flows, and social sign-in support hooks.

    • User profiles & settings: per-user settings (theme, privacy, notification preferences) with Drizzle schemas and a router to manage them.

    • Bookmarks & Notifications: built-in systems with pagination/infinite scroll and server-side routers.

    • Excellent UX: skeleton loaders, mobile-friendly navbar that collapses sidebars into a single sheet, avatar uploader, toast + alert patterns for different message types.

    • Extensible design: clearly split components (LeftSidebar, Mainbar, RightSidebar, ThreadCard, etc.) to make adding features easy and localized.

    • Open-source friendly: intentionally readable code, helpful comments and a focus on community contribution.

Use Cases

Foreum can be used for:

  • A public community forum (product support, hobbyist communities, fan clubs).
  • Internal company discussion board or knowledge-sharing hub.
  • A feature-rich comment + discussion layer for an existing app.
  • An MVP for social/community features when validating product-market fit.
  • A teaching template for modern full-stack SvelteKit + tRPC apps.