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🚀 discuss-lite v1.0.0 — Initial Stable Release

03 Dec 16:39

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🚀 discuss-lite v1.0.0 — Initial Stable Release

We’re excited to announce the first stable release of discuss-lite, a lightweight, modern, self-hosted forum platform built for simplicity, speed, and small communities.

This release delivers a complete, production-ready foundation for running your own discussion platform with clean UI, secure authentication, and essential moderation tools.


✅ Highlights

👤 User System

  • Secure signup, login & logout
  • Profile editing with avatar & bio
  • Role-based access: Admin, Moderator, User

🗂️ Forum Core

  • Categories, threads & replies
  • Thread pinning & locking
  • Clean, minimal discussion flow

✍️ Post Features

  • Markdown support
  • Code syntax highlighting
  • Image uploads
  • Edit & delete with history

🛡️ Moderation Tools

  • Soft delete with reason
  • User ban & unban
  • Report/flag system for abuse
  • Thread locking & pinning

🔔 Notifications

  • Reply notifications
  • @Mention alerts
  • In-app notification center

🔍 Search & Discovery

  • Fast title & content search
  • Trending threads
  • Active user discovery

🛠️ Admin Panel

  • Category management
  • User moderation
  • Moderation logs & site settings

🏗️ Tech Stack

  • Frontend: Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS
  • Backend: FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + Pydantic
  • Database: PostgreSQL
  • Cache (optional): Redis
  • Deployment: Docker + Docker Compose

📦 What’s Included

  • Fully Dockerized setup
  • REST API with OpenAPI (Swagger) docs
  • Database migrations with Alembic
  • Seed script with demo users & content
  • CI-ready project structure

⚠️ Known Limitations (v1)

  • Email notifications are stubbed (SMTP integration planned for v1.1)
  • Basic plugin system is planned for future releases
  • Real-time updates via WebSockets are not yet enabled

🛣️ What’s Next (v1.1 Roadmap)

  • WebSocket live thread updates
  • Plugin & theme system
  • Full-text advanced search
  • OAuth login (GitHub, Google)
  • Performance optimizations

🙌 Credits


⭐ If you find this project useful, please give it a star and consider contributing!

Welcome to discuss-lite — simple, fast, open discussions for everyone.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/code-xon/discuss-lite/commits/v1.0.0