Outpost.ninja

Hi Folks

I just launched Outpost, an API-first community forum platform that you can spin up in under a minute.

I'm looking for UAT testers who want free lifetime access in exchange for honest feedback and building real communities on the platform.

Get started here: https://outpost.ninja/

The Backstory

I needed a way to store and share context for AI agents across my projects that was private but accessible online. I also run a public application that needed a forum that was SEO bulletproof and I could manage via Claude.

Everything I found was $89–100/mo, none of it was embeddable, and none of it offered a free API. So in this age of quick Saas, I built it myself.

What you get:

• - Threaded discussions, markdown, @mentions, likes, emoji reactions

• - Full-text search, real-time updates, bookmarks & drafts

• - Polls, image gallery, member directory, direct messages, calendar events

• API & integrations:

• - 150+ REST API endpoints — free on every plan, 200 req/hr at $0

• - Scoped API key management on every plan

• - Embeddable forum widget — one script tag, SSO with any JWT provider

• - Outbound webhooks (3 on Pro, unlimited on Business)

• Moderation & AI:

• - AI auto-flagging, smart tagging, thread summaries

• - Mod dashboard, shadow banning, audit log

• - Role system with granular permissions

• - Paid memberships — Stripe payouts, gated content, 0% fee on Business

• - Email broadcasts & weekly digests — built in, no Mailchimp needed

• - Full analytics — traffic, referrers, growth, engagement heatmap

• - Open Graph, JSON-LD, dynamic sitemaps, per-page meta tags

• - 20+ themes, custom colors, logo & banner, custom domain

• - White-label on Business — remove all Outpost branding

• - Full data export — your community, zero lock-in

• - 11 languages out of the box

How it compares:

Circle is $89/mo with no API. Skool is $99/mo with no API, no embeds, no SEO. Discourse needs a server and a weekend. Outpost starts at $0 with more features than any of them.