Hey everyone — welcome to Convoro. 👋
Convoro is a community platform built to take the best of leading forum software and wrap it in something modern, fast, and genuinely pleasant to use — without nickel-and-diming you into a dozen extensions just to get the basics. It's batteries-included, but not bloated: the features people actually expect ship in the core; the niche stuff lives in extensions.
Here's the tour.
💬 The forum, reimagined
Two ways to read — switch between a familiar feed and a visual grid of topics with cover images.
A real WYSIWYG editor — full rich text powered by TipTap. No Markdown anywhere — what you see is what you get. Drag, drop, or paste images and they're auto-compressed to WebP.
Blog-style opening posts — the first post of every discussion is presented like an article (cover, byline, big type), with replies below.
Reactions and an @mention autocomplete that suggests members as you type.
👤 People & messaging
Full profiles — cover image, avatar, bio, stats, and a profile wall where others can post.
Direct messages — private 1:1 conversations with real-time delivery, typing-fresh threads, and unread badges.
Notifications + digest email — get pinged for replies, mentions, reactions, and DMs, with an optional daily/weekly email digest.
📱 Installable & connected
Progressive Web App — install Convoro to your phone or desktop home screen.
Push notifications (Web Push / VAPID) — no app store required.
Live threads — presence ("N here"), typing indicators, and posts that appear instantly.
🎨 Make it yours
Live theme editor — change your brand color (with instant preview), corner radius, layout width, and typography from a library of Google Fonts (or bring your own Font Awesome kit). Light and dark themes, plus a per-visitor theme toggle.
Accessibility built in — an admin WCAG/ADA compliance panel checks your live theme's contrast and flags issues, so your community stays readable for everyone.
🛠️ Admin that respects your time
Members & groups — search and edit members, toggle admins, create groups, and assign them.
Categories & tags, PWA settings (upload one image → every icon size generated), site settings, and more.
One-click software updates — check for and apply new versions right from the admin, no SSH required.
API access tokens for integrations.
⚙️ Under the hood
Convoro is engineered to run anywhere — from a $3 shared host to a tuned VPS:
Stack: Laravel (PHP 8.3+) + Inertia.js + Vue 3 + TypeScript + Tailwind.
Database: works on MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL — driver-agnostic, no raw SQL.
Runs on shared hosting: queue, cache, and sessions are database-backed by default — no Redis required. Realtime (Laravel Reverb) is optional and degrades gracefully when a host can't run it; push notifications cover the gap.
Images via GD → WebP; highly optimized payloads.
Scales up: flip on Redis + Horizon and a WebSocket server on a VPS for full realtime.
Composer-installable, with pre-built release archives planned for one-click, no-SSH installs.
🧩 What's next
A built-in Marketplace with click-to-install extensions and themes (free and premium).
An extension API so the community can build on Convoro — group messaging, integrations, and more.
Developer docs for building extensions and themes.
This is just the beginning. Poke around, start a topic, send a DM, and tell us what you think — your feedback shapes where Convoro goes next.
Welcome aboard. 🚀
— The Convoro team
