A modern, self-hosted forum platform with built-in AI, real-time discussions, clubs and events — all native. Runs on plain PHP 8.1+ and MySQL shared hosting, no Docker or Node build step. Own it for life.
Threads, reactions, reputation, clubs, events, polls and deep moderation — plus built-in AI and pluggable search. One coherent product, no add-on stitching.
RaxBoard replaces a stack of legacy scripts with one coherent product: discussions, clubs, events, polls and private conversations — with built-in AI, multi-provider, multi-language, and a customizer that makes it yours. All native, all on day one.
Reply & thread assist, summaries, translation, an @mention bot and image generation — bring your own provider key. Off until you enable it.
Threads, multi-reactions, reputation, trophies, drafts, edit history and real-time notifications — fast out of the box.
Member clubs, event calendars with reminders, polls and private conversations — community building, all native.
MySQL full-text built in; switch to Meilisearch or Elasticsearch from the admin panel — same UI, no migration.
Full localization with per-user language and right-to-left support. Free language packs in the marketplace.
Visual customizer, CSS-variable styling and installable marketplace themes — light, dark and your own.
RaxBoard is a modern, self-hosted PHP forum platform with a lifetime license. It runs on ordinary shared hosting and ships with ~70 native modules, 270+ admin options, built-in AI, pluggable search, multi-language support and a marketplace.
Each license is a perpetual right to run RaxBoard on one domain you control (plus a test install). The first 12 months include updates and support; renew that window for $49/year. The software keeps working forever even if you stop renewing — you simply stop receiving new feature updates. Security fixes always remain available.
Yes — AI is built in. Reply and thread assistance, summaries, translation, an optional @mention auto-reply bot, and image generation. Bring your own provider key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and more); you stay in control of usage and cost. Every AI feature is off by default until you enable it.
Core license: $85 USD / ₺2,999 TRY one-time. Optional yearly updates & support extension: $49. No subscription, no per-seat fees, no traffic caps. The marketplace also offers free add-ons, themes and language packs.
Any shared host with PHP 8.1+ and MySQL (or MariaDB). No Docker, no Node.js, no Composer, no Redis required — most cPanel hosts work out of the box. Drop the files, open /install, and you are live in minutes.
No. You self-host; your database lives on your server. The licensing service only sees your license key, bound domain and an anonymized server fingerprint when your forum checks in. No third-party trackers are embedded in the forum.
Self-host with a lifetime license. Live in minutes on PHP 8.1+ shared hosting.