BardCanvas
The facts below are what the maker publishes about BardCanvas, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From BardCanvas's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| BardCanvas Base Bundle | Free | Base bundle · required modules and a few extras |
| Other BardCanvas bundles and premium components | Priced on request | Paid bundles and premium components are listed; individual prices were not available on the opened pages |
The facts
Each one read from BardCanvas's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- The maker says modules are designed so developers can extend or reuse modules made by other developers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The published installation requirements include a Linux-based operating system, Apache with mod_rewrite, a MySQL-based database, and PHP 5.3 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists add-ons for EmojiOne, Giphy, ShareThis, Twitter Cards, and YouTube.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The maker says BardCanvas is released under the GNU GPL v3 license and can be downloaded and modified.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- The site links to BardCanvas apps for Android and iOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Modules
- The listed base bundle includes accounts, module and settings managers, widgets, categories, contact, media gallery, comments, moderation, posts, and search modules.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The maker says a blog index with latest comments takes around 16 database queries and uses less than 12 MB of memory, with lower use when memcache is used.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says personal information is used internally for its products and services and is not given to external entities or used for unsolicited messages or marketing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- BardCanvas is an open source web applications engine and content management system for single or multi-author blogs, forums, and social networks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- The maker describes BardCanvas as authored by LAVA SoftWorks and released as open source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security configuration
- The installation guide recommends configuring reCAPTCHA keys to reduce spam submissions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security disclosure
- The privacy policy says the maker uses commercially acceptable means to protect personal information but cannot guarantee absolute security.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users who get stuck during setup to its contact page for help.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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