Nodyx
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Nodyx, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Nodyx's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | AGPL-3.0 · full platform · no feature gating |
The facts
Each one read from Nodyx's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Chat and voice
- The documented feature set includes real-time chat, WebRTC voice channels, and screen sharing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Community model
- Each installation is a sovereign community; Nodyx is not deployed as a multi-community platform.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Decentralization
- The maker says instances are independent, can discover one another through a global directory, and can relay through NAT using nodyx-relay.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment setup
- The quick-start guide says its installer detects the operating system and installs Node, PostgreSQL, Redis, Caddy, and PM2.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Event hosting
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Forums
- Forum features include categories, threads, rich editing, polls, pinned threads, reactions, thanks, and tags.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Homepage builder
- The Grid Builder supports resizable columns, live previews, theme editing, and ZIP-uploaded widgets running in Shadow DOM.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The homepage lists RSS, webhooks, iCal sync, and OAuth under external connections, marked as coming in v2.2.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents Nodyx for communities that want to run their own forum, chat, and voice space on a server they control.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Moderation tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Private messaging
- The maker says direct messages use ECDH P-256, AES-256-GCM, and an ESY layer for end-to-end encryption.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Nodyx is a self-hosted, open-source community platform combining forums, real-time chat, and voice channels.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The manual installation guide lists Node.js 22+, PostgreSQL 16+, and Redis 7+ as prerequisites.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security features
- The documented project status lists TOTP and Signet two-factor authentication, plus a honeypot suite.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The maker documents Docker, a Windows Server PowerShell installer, and manual installation on Linux, Mac, or Windows.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2026checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- License and price
- The platform is AGPL-3.0 and described as free forever, with no feature gating or enterprise tier.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- nonechecked 23 Sep 2026
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