Self-hosted community platform
Your community. Under your control.
Bring people, conversations and content together on your own domain. Bondry combines forums, publishing and payments in one platform, with optional modules for courses, memberships, visual page building and AI agent access through a signed API and a native MCP server.
Try the live demo$140.00. One-time license purchase. One year of updates included.
Built with
- PHP 8.3+
- Laravel 13
- MySQL 8
- Stripe
- TOTP 2FA
Core license
$140
A perpetual license for one production domain.
Updates included
1 year
New releases included for 365 days. Extensions are optional.
Runs on PHP
8.3+
Self-hosted with MySQL 8 or MariaDB. See the requirements page for the full list.
Monthly license fees
$0
No recurring license fee or per-member charge. Hosting costs are separate.
Connected by design
One platform. A connected community.
Members move between discussions and publications with the same account. Your team manages access, content and activity from a shared admin panel.
Forum
Give every conversation a place
Organize discussions around the interests that bring your members together. Give moderators the tools and permissions to keep the community on track.
- Threads, polls, reactions and best answers
- Reports queue, warnings and a moderation log
- Every action permissioned per member group
Blog
Keep your community informed
Publish news, announcements and editorial content alongside your forum. Keep your audience connected to the conversations behind each story.
- Categories, drafts and scheduled publishing
- Comments granted per member group
- Featured posts, archives and search
Designer · Optional module
Make the experience your own
Design pages, headers, footers and popups visually. Reuse your layouts and adapt them to different screen sizes without editing template files.
- Drag elements onto any page, header or footer
- Separate controls per screen size
- Save your own sections and reuse them
Admin panel
Your operations, in one view
Manage members, permissions, content and payments from one panel. Shared navigation keeps day-to-day administration consistent as you add modules.
- Members, groups, bans and profile fields
- Module settings and licenses side by side
- Statistics, logs and update checks
Extend your platform
More ways to connect. Built into Bondry.
Create a distinct identity, share expertise, offer paid memberships or put an AI agent to work. Choose the modules that support your plans, each licensed separately for your Bondry site.
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Designer
Create a distinctive site with visual page building, reusable layouts and responsive controls.
$75 one time, per site
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LMS
Bring learning into your community with courses, progress tracking, assessments and certificates.
$75 one time, per site
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Members Plus
Offer paid memberships with exclusive content, flexible plans and subscriber management.
$75 one time, per site
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AI Connector
A signed REST API and a native MCP server with scoped tokens. The module is the door, not the model: you connect the assistant you already use.
$75 one time, per site
Or get the core and all four modules together as Bondry Complete for $349.00
License at a glance
Know what is included. Choose what comes next.
A clear distinction between your software license, included updates and optional additions. Hosting and third-party service costs are separate.
| License detail | Bondry core | Optional modules | Update extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase | One-time payment | One-time payment | Optional, one-time payment |
| Software use | Perpetual license | Perpetual license | Existing license unchanged |
| Production domain | One | Same domain as core | Existing license unchanged |
| New releases | 365 days included | 365 days per module | 365 additional days |
| Automatic renewal | None | None | None |
Pricing
A lasting license. A clear investment.
Start with the core and add modules when you need them. Your license covers one production domain, with no recurring license fee.
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$140.00 one time
Bondry core
The foundation of your community: discussions, publishing, payments and engagement, managed from one admin panel.
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$75.00 one time
Optional module
Extend Bondry with Designer, LMS, Members Plus or AI Connector. Each module has its own license and works with your core installation.
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$250.00 one time
Branding removal
Present your site under your own brand. Remove the "Powered by Bondry" footer attribution from the site covered by your core license.
Questions
Make an informed choice
What exactly does the $140 license cover?
What happens when my update year ends?
Can I move Bondry to another domain?
Do you offer refunds?
Do I need the paid modules?
How is support handled?
Build your community on your terms.
Choose your infrastructure. Shape the experience. Start with Bondry core and extend it with the modules your community needs.