Run it. Build on it. Switch to it.

Xentium 1.0 · alpha

Run it. Build on it. Switch to it.

Xentium is an open-source community platform: forum, articles, members and a design you shape block by block. This is everything we know about running it, extending it, and moving to it from the software you use today.

Get startedInstall on a serverGitHub

$ npm create xentium@latest my-community
# then open the installer in your browser
$ npx xentium status
$ npx xentium doctor

Where do you want to start?

Run XentiumInstall it on your server, keep it updated, and run it in production with systemd, nginx and HTTPS.Installing on a server →Build on XentiumPlugins are code: routes, permissions, ACP pages and blocks. Themes are data: tokens, layouts and a stylesheet.Writing a plugin →Switch to XentiumHow Xentium compares with WordPress, phpBB, XenForo, WoltLab and vBulletin, and what our free migration tools bring over.Xentium compared →

Coming from another platform?

Our migration tools move a WordPress site, a phpBB board, or a XenForo, vBulletin or WoltLab forum today. Users keep their passwords where the old hashes allow it.

WordPressphpBBXenForovBulletinWoltLab

Compare honestlySee what moves over

Often read

• What is XentiumThe idea, the stack, what’s in core
• The layout systemPages as blocks, themes as data
• The style systemTokens, Theme Studio, packages
• Plugin extension pointsEvery place a plugin can hook in
• Updating XentiumReleases, the update check, rollbacks
• REST APIEndpoints, errors, pagination