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FeaturesBUILD Building blocks your community can combine. Comparison tableCOMPARE How Bonfire differs from other community platforms. Case studiesSTORIES How communities are shaping Bonfire for their needs. About BonfireABOUT The project, principles, and people behind it. Try Bonfire at the campground ↗ Launch your BonfireChoose how much you want to run yourself.
Self-hostDIY Your infrastructure and some sysadmin comfort. Cooperative hostingHOST Your own space without a sysadmin job. Co-design with usWITH For communities, organisations and funders with specific needs. Compare all three routes → EcosystemFind people, answers, and tools around Bonfire.
ParticipateJOIN Contribute, collaborate, or help sustain the commons. FAQsASK Licensing, federation, privacy, and governance. DocumentationDOCS Setup guides and technical reference for hosts and builders. Browse the source code ↗ Blog Get startedOpen Science Network
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What is included
Professional identity
Sign in with ORCID, Zenodo or your institutional SSO. Your publications, affiliations, and research interests are imported directly from sources like ORCID and OpenAlex, no manual entry required.
Archive meaningful content
Posts and conversations can receive DOIs and become citable FAIR objects. Through integrations with a growing list of repositories, meaningful exchanges can be preserved as part of the scholarly record, not lost in private threads.
Data sovereignty
Each community can run their own instance. Data remains under your control. Connect globally while preserving local governance and values.
Connected knowledge
Share a paper and see it come alive: metadata, co-authors, datasets, and related works appear instantly. Colleagues can join the conversation no matter what platforms they use.
Extensible
Modular by design. Add repository connectors, peer review workflows, or research tools as your community evolves. Built on Bonfire's modular framework for total customisation.
