rForum

rForum — your community.

Deploy Your Own Discourse Forum in Minutes

Automated cloud provisioning for self-hosted Discourse. No DevOps required. Choose your region, configure your settings, and go live.

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How It Works

1. Configure

Choose your subdomain, server region, and instance size. Add SMTP credentials for email delivery. Set your admin email.

2. Provision

We create a cloud server on Hetzner, install Discourse, configure SSL via Let's Encrypt, and set up DNS. Takes about 10-15 minutes.

3. Go Live

Your forum is ready. Log in as admin, customize your community, invite members, and start conversations. Full SSH access included.

Transparent Pricing

Pay only for the cloud server. Hetzner pricing passed through directly — no markup.

Starter

Small communities

€3.79/mo

Hetzner CX22

2 vCPU cores
4 GB RAM
40 GB NVMe SSD
Up to ~500 users

RECOMMENDED

Standard

Growing communities

€6.80/mo

Hetzner CX32

4 vCPU cores
8 GB RAM
80 GB NVMe SSD
Up to ~2,000 users

Performance

Large communities

€13.80/mo

Hetzner CX42

8 vCPU cores
16 GB RAM
160 GB NVMe SSD
Up to ~10,000 users

What You Get

Automated SSL

Let's Encrypt certificates provisioned automatically during setup.

Multiple Regions

Deploy in Germany, Finland, or the US East/West Coast.

Full SSH Access

Your server, your rules. SSH in anytime for custom configuration.

One-Click Updates

Discourse's built-in admin panel handles version upgrades.

DNS Management

Automatic DNS setup for *.rforum.online subdomains.

Real-Time Logs

Watch your forum provision step-by-step in the dashboard.

Built on Open Source

The libraries and tools that power rForum.

Discourse

The world's most popular open-source forum platform.

Hetzner Cloud API

Automated VPS provisioning in multiple regions.

Cloudflare API

DNS management and SSL termination.

Hono

Ultra-fast, lightweight API framework powering the backend.

Your Data, Protected

How rForum keeps your information safe.

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End-to-End Encryption

Coming Soon

All content encrypted before it leaves your device. Not even the server can read it.

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Zero-Knowledge Architecture

Coming Soon

The server processes your requests without ever seeing your data in the clear.

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Self-Hosted

Run on your own infrastructure. Your server, your rules, your data.

Ready to launch your community?

Deploy a production Discourse forum in under 15 minutes. No DevOps experience needed.

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