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We just released a feature that lets you define usage quotas for Discourse AI Hopefully, this helps you all experiment more widely with AI features, given that you can restrict the actual cost you will end up incurring. Read more at: Configuring LLM Usage Quotas in Discourse AI Site Management This guide explains how to configure and manage usage quotas for Large Language Models (LLMs) in Discourse AI. Required user level: Administrator Summary LLM Usage Quotas allow administrators to control and monitor AI resource consumption by setting limits on token usage and interactions for different user groups. This helps maintain cost effi…

We’ve redesigned the /about page in Discourse. Learn more about configuration options in the documentation topic: Understanding and customizing the About page You can see it right here by heading to /about. Here’s a screenshot: Notable additions Banner image at the top of the page Extended description that supports HTML/markdown 2-columns layout to reduce the amount of white space on wide screens Expandable/collapsible lists of admins and moderators Visitors and EU visitors stats to enable site owners to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). This requires the display_eu_visitor_stats setting to be enabled. Feedback If you encounter a bug with o…

We have recently made our new documentation plugin available for testing and feedback. This plugin is designed to enhance the navigation and accessibility of documentation hosted on Discourse, providing a more accessible and friendly experience for all users. Note that this plugin is still in development. The development of this plugin stems from our ongoing effort to improve documentation, which has already been enhanced by a new sidebar. The sidebar work laid the foundation for a much improved documentation experience, and the new plugin incrementally builds upon that work. The new plugin in action The plugin is currently active and powering the documentation on our …

We rolled out experimentally enabling Summarize and AI search with one click. Today we are doing it for Helper. Discourse AI - Helper is now available for Standard, Business, and Free tiers without the need for a 3rd party Large Language Model (LLM) provider. This means Discourse is now providing a hosted open-weights LLM for customers to enable Helper. How do I enable Helper? You have the power to enable or disable Helper at any time from the What's New section. All related customizations are available within the Discourse AI plugin settings. What does being an experiment mean? This means that the AI feature is subject to change at any time, including its featu…

Previously we rolled out Summarize on your Discourse with one-click!. Today we are doing it for AI search. Discourse AI - AI search is now available for Standard, Business, and Free tiers without the need for a 3rd party Large Language Model (LLM) provider. This means Discourse is now providing a hosted open-weights LLM for customers to enable Summarize. How do I enable AI search? You have the power to enable or disable AI search at any time from the What's New section. All related customizations are available within the Discourse AI plugin settings. What does being an experiment mean? This means that the AI feature is subject to change at any time, including it…

As we aim to provide Discourse AI features to more of our customers, we are excited to announce that Discourse AI - Summarize is now available for Standard, Business, and Free tiers without the need for a 3rd party Large Language Model (LLM) provider. This means Discourse is now providing a hosted open-weights LLM for customers to enable Summarize. How do I enable Summarize? You have the power to enable or disable Summarize at any time from the What's New section. All related customizations, such as who can generate and view summaries, are available within the Discourse AI plugin settings. What does being an experiment mean? This means that the AI feature is subj…

I’m excited to announce some updates to how we handle documentation to ensure clarity and collaboration while maintaining the quality of information provided. Read on to understand how our new documentation setup works. Official documentation We’ve updated the Documentation category to be dedicated solely to official documentation. This means that all content in its subcategories is maintained by Discourse team members, ensuring the information is accurate and up-to-date. If you’re looking for the most authoritative guides and references, this is the place! Why only team members? Restricting the creation and editing of official documentation to our team ensures consist…

We are happy to announce native OpenRouter support for DiscourseAI. For those unfamiliar, OpenRouter provides a unified interface that allows integration of hundreds of language models from dozens of language model providers, including Google, Open AI, Anthropic, Mistral, SambaNova, Together AI, Groq, and more. For those who have not yet dabbled in the world of AI due to costs, OpenRouter offers a wide selection of free models, including the free tier of Gemini Models and a selection of free (low context token) Llama models. Models on OpenRouter are often available via multiple providers. The Discourse UI lets you select your provider and quantization, which can hel…

WARNING! If your database is very large, you will need a lot of extra disk space (2x database size) and should be very careful with this upgrade! We’ve just landed changes to upgrade our Docker image to PostgreSQL 15. Any site admins rebuilding Discourse from the command line will be upgraded to PostgreSQL 15 from the previous PostgreSQL 13. Note that if you held back from upgrading when the PostgreSQL 13 update happened back in 2020, you can skip that upgrade and go straight to PostgreSQL 15. If you had held back the upgrade previously, change the PostgreSQL template in app.yml from templates/postgres.12.template.yml to templates/postgres.template.yml. As with any up…

Discourse is now shipping with a more modern implementation of the header, including more flexible and robust customization APIs. The new version has already been automatically enabled for sites with compatible themes & plugins. For incompatible sites, a banner is being shown to admins warning them to take action before the old header implementation is removed. If you see this banner, follow the linked instructions to update your customizations. If you don’t see the banner, then your site is ready, and you don’t need to do anything. Warning banners have been shown to admins since 20th June (v3.3.0.beta3). From the week commencing 5th August (v3.4.0.beta1), we will …

We’ve been working on updated fullscreen signup and login pages, which will provide members with a more focused experience as they seek to join and interact with your community. We’re especially excited about the experience on small screens, where the improved visual design really stands out. You may have noticed these changes already on Meta’s own signup and login pages. Desktop experience Mobile experience Initial testing with our user testing community has gone well, so we intend to switch over all signup and login pages to the new fullscreen experience in a few weeks. Before we do, we want to give the community at large an opportunity to preview these…

We’ve been working on updated fullscreen signup and login pages, which will provide members with a more focused experience as they seek to join and interact with your community. We’re especially excited about the experience on small screens, where the improved visual design really stands out. You may have noticed these changes already on Meta’s own signup and login pages. Desktop experience Mobile experience Initial testing with our user testing community has gone well, so we intend to switch over all signup and login pages to the new fullscreen experience in a few weeks. Before we do, we want to give the community at large an opportunity to preview these…

- Colin Mueller, Community Manager at Sonar, describing the impact of implementing Discourse AI to address a sudden and disruptive spam attack. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2025/01/sonars-25-cent-solution-to-spam-detection 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic

To improve the clarity of how they are used, we’ve renamed “Staff Notices” to “Official Notices”. This change acknowledges that both staff members and TL4 users can create these useful notices. Additionally, notices now display the author’s name and link to their profile, providing more transparency about who posted them. This authorship information is only visible to staff: This update makes it clearer who can create notices while maintaining their official nature and improving attribution. The update was committed and merged in this pull request: github.com/discourse/discourse FEATURE: Add attrib…

At Discourse, we are committed to fostering safe and healthy online communities. To support this, we’re introducing an important update that allows forum administrators to access and manage group chats within their communities. This update ensures that community leaders can effectively manage group chat memberships, enforce guidelines, and respond to safety concerns when needed. It also helps communities align with evolving online safety legislation, providing admins with the necessary tools to maintain a secure and welcoming space for all members. We believe this change will empower admins to uphold community standards while continuing to provide a space for meaningful…

We have been working on a new rich text editor mode for our composer so that it’s easier to write on Discourse. We’re now ready to start testing this mode out on Meta to get more feedback from our community on this feature! This topic will serve as both a guide to testing the new composer and a hub for tracking feedback. Thanks in advance for all your help! Getting to know the new composer The new composer is a rich text editor that simplifies the writing experience, particularly for non-technical users who are not comfortable with Markdown. This editor still supports Markdown, but formatting is rendered immediately for a WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”) exper…

A community’s data is more than just numbers and names; it reflects the community’s pulse—what members care about, discuss, and engage with. This data includes all of the knowledge generated through those discussions which should be a lasting resource, always accessible to your community. However, many platforms make it difficult to access your community’s history, or even limit how much history you can access, hindering your ability to retain and leverage valuable insights. Others may prevent you from taking your data with you if you decide to move. Choosing the right platform from the start helps you future-proof your community. This is a companion discussion topic f…

Here at Discourse, we’re always striving to make community management easier. That’s why Discourse 3.4 has introduced a more consistent admin experience, a simplified signup and login flow, mobile app improvements, and AI-powered tools to fight spam and help manage your community. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2025/02/unpacking-discourse-3-4 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to show your members how much you care! Join our Customer Success Team on Thursday, February 13, 2025 6:00 PM UTC for our webinar on how to express your appreciation for your community. 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic

We’ve made a recent improvement to allow users to Watch chat threads. This lets you keep a close eye on threaded conversations that are important to you. To Watch a thread, click or tap the bell icon in the thread header area and select Watching: Like with topics, when you Watch a thread, you’ll get notifications for all replies and will see a count of new replies in your thread lists. 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic