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VortexPHP Forum
===============

[](#vortexphp-forum)

A modern community forum application built with PHP 8.2 and VortexPHP. It includes discussions, moderation tools, private messaging, notifications, and responsive UI workflows for day-to-day community management.

[![Forum Screenshot 01](screenshots/screenshot-01.png)](screenshots/screenshot-01.png)

Performance
-----------

[](#performance)

Typical forum page render benchmark: `2.99 ms`.

VortexPHP is optimized for very low-latency page delivery.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- User accounts: registration, login, logout, profile pages, and account settings.
- Structured forum: categories, thread creation, threaded replies, pagination, and tags.
- Rich post flow: markdown rendering, inline post editing, and post likes.
- Thread management: bookmark/unbookmark threads and a dedicated bookmarks page.
- Moderation controls: lock, pin/sticky, and delete thread/post actions for moderators.
- Safety and abuse prevention: CSRF protection, auth middleware, role guards, and request throttling.
- Community tools: report/flag thread and post endpoints.
- Notifications: in-app notifications list with read-state handling.
- Private messages: inbox, conversation view, async feed endpoint, and async send endpoint.
- Search helpers: suggestion endpoint for faster content discovery.
- Localization: multi-language support (`en`, `bg`) via translation files.

Tech Stack
----------

[](#tech-stack)

- Backend: PHP 8.2, VortexPHP framework
- Frontend: Twig templates, Tailwind CSS 4
- Content parsing: `league/commonmark`
- Database: SQLite by default (configurable via `.env`)

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

### 1) Install dependencies

[](#1-install-dependencies)

```
composer install
npm install
```

### 2) Configure environment

[](#2-configure-environment)

```
cp .env.example .env
```

Set values in `.env` (minimum required):

- `APP_KEY` (generate a secure random key)
- `APP_URL`
- `DB_DRIVER` / `DB_DATABASE` (or MySQL/PostgreSQL variables if used)

### 3) Run migrations

[](#3-run-migrations)

```
composer run migrate
```

### 4) Build assets

[](#4-build-assets)

```
npm run build
```

For local CSS watch mode:

```
npm run dev
```

### 5) Start the application

[](#5-start-the-application)

```
composer run serve
```

Available Composer Scripts
--------------------------

[](#available-composer-scripts)

- `composer run serve` - start local development server
- `composer run migrate` - apply database migrations
- `composer run migrate:down` - rollback last migration batch
- `composer run test` - run test suite
- `composer run doctor` - run environment diagnostics
- `composer run smoke` - run smoke checks

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

[![Forum Screenshot 02](screenshots/screenshot-02.png)](screenshots/screenshot-02.png)[![Forum Screenshot 03](screenshots/screenshot-03.png)](screenshots/screenshot-03.png)[![Forum Screenshot 04](screenshots/screenshot-04.png)](screenshots/screenshot-04.png)[![Forum Screenshot 05](screenshots/screenshot-05.png)](screenshots/screenshot-05.png)

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity11

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/54aca816e08a169a1615996a7ebed1c12cd35688999f8573a9c5c677aa9ea597?d=identicon)[bobicloudvision](/maintainers/bobicloudvision)

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Top Contributors

[![bobicloudvision](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69676022?v=4)](https://github.com/bobicloudvision "bobicloudvision (31 commits)")

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