Publish anywhere. Keep the discussion.
DiscussionBridge is a family of focused tools. Explore The Bridge—our Discourse-powered flagship—alongside the inaugural DiscussionBridge for Astro + Starlight and every live platform profile.
Flagship experience
DiscussionBridge’s Discourse-powered flagship: the live reference forum where connected platforms publish, receive, and share authoritative discussions through the same plugin available to operators.
Live today as the flagship DiscussionBridge environment. Controlled demo-user access and coordinated resets remain planned.
Building for Alpha
Alpha spans Astro, Ghost, Hugo, Statamic DB, Statamic Flat, Statamic SSG, WordPress, and The Bridge as Discourse Publisher. Every profile must earn its place with real content, stable identity, safe retry, and native presentation.
The inaugural Astro + Starlight product, a plain Astro reference, the stock Starlight control, and a planned full themed edition.
3 live/control profiles · themed edition plannedLive · themed edition plannedA stock integration first, followed by a purpose-built DiscussionBridge themed edition.
4 live modes · themed edition plannedLive · themed edition plannedA live static publishing profile plus a planned native themed edition spanning build, preview, and live modes.
1 live profile · themed edition planned3 live · shared theme plannedDB, Flat, and SSG profiles proven separately through one shared addon and one shared planned themed edition.
3 live profiles · 1 themed edition plannedLiveA stock WordPress installation proving the Bridge without replacing native presentation.
4 live modesAstro · Hugo · Statamic liveStatic-generation profiles spanning Astro, Hugo, and Statamic without turning SSG into a separate adapter.
3 live profilesFlagship · theme plannedThe stock flagship and many-to-many matrix, with a possible purpose-built Discourse theme planned as a distinct next expression.
3 shared discussions · 21 live presentations · theme plannedPlanned themed editions
Each planned edition is a real native theme or starter—not a Bridge skin. A polished Build mode can introduce the project while the complete site develops behind a private preview, then the same foundation becomes the live publishing experience. DiscussionBridge integration is optional and first-class when selected.
Current set: Astro, Ghost, Hugo, one shared Statamic edition for Flat, DB, and SSG, and a possible purpose-built Discourse theme for The Bridge. WordPress is intentionally outside this themed-edition plan.
Naming and destination pendingA full-featured native Astro theme that can launch as a polished placeholder, graduate through private preview, and become the finished public site without a rebuild from another theme.
Useful as an Astro theme on its own, with first-class DiscussionBridge publishing and discussion features available by choice.
Naming and destination pendingA distinctly crafted Ghost theme with a polished build placeholder, private preview path, complete publishing layouts, and a finished live mode.
The theme remains useful without DiscussionBridge; connected publishing, comments, and forum-owned content become first-class capabilities when enabled.
Naming and destination pendingA purpose-built Hugo theme spanning a polished build placeholder, private preview, documentation and publishing layouts, and the complete live site.
It will be a strong Hugo product independently, with optional first-class DiscussionBridge capabilities rather than adapter-shaped presentation.
Naming and destination pendingOne full Statamic theme and starter that moves from polished build placeholder to private preview and finished live publishing across Flat, DB, and SSG profiles.
The shared theme remains separate from the addon and is validated against file-backed, database-backed, and statically generated Statamic estates.
Naming and destination pendingA possible first-party theme for The Bridge that turns the proven stock forum workflow into a distinctive flagship experience without changing Discourse ownership or plugin boundaries.
The stock flagship remains the Alpha compatibility proof. Naming, adoption by The Bridge, and the final themed scope will be decided later.
A roadmap shaped by use
Network, Migration, Identity, advanced profiles, and later platform adapters remain separate directions. We will invite real users to help decide which needs deserve engineering next.
astrostarlight.demo.discussionbridge.devThe inaugural platform product: a complete Astro + Starlight experience that works with standard Discourse and becomes Bridge-enhanced by choice.
Live today; its next product pass will unify the standalone and plugin-enhanced paths without replacing existing discussions.