Flarum Forum server hosting
Forum hosting

A forum for your community, minded by a goblin

Managed Flarum hosting — installed, secured, and backed up for you. No server administration, no mail server to fight, no certificate to renew.

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Installed, not assembledFlarum arrives configured and running with your admin account ready. No PHP versions to match, no composer, no web server to configure.
Email that already worksYour forum sends sign-ups, password resets, and notifications from the moment it boots — no SMTP provider to sign up for, no credentials to paste in. The trap that strands most self-hosted forums simply is not there.
HTTPS from the first visitEvery forum gets a free subdomain with a certificate that issues and renews itself. Guildhall connects your own domain, with the DNS steps written out for your registrar.
Backed up, database includedNightly backups cover the files AND the database — the half that most backup stories quietly leave out, and the half that holds every post.
Pricing

Forum plans

Every tier runs on fast NVMe hardware with daily backups and the full goblin treatment.

Tavern
5 GB storage
$4.99/mo
A new community finding its feet
  • Free hostgoblin.space address
Choose Tavern
Goblin recommends
Guildhall
10 GB storage
$8.99/mo
Busier boards and bigger archives
  • Connect your own domain
Choose Guildhall

Prepay and save: 3 months −5% · 6 months −10% · 12 months −15%

The hardware

Honest specs, no asterisks

Hosting since 2017Nearly a decade of running other people's servers, now with a goblin at the controls.
Real hardwareAMD Ryzen infrastructure with ECC RAM and NVMe SSDs in RAID — no oversold shared tin.
Nothing to patchThe platform is kept current underneath you. Your job is the community, not the server.
A goblin who answersSupport typically replies within 24 hours — usually much faster.
Questions

Forum hosting FAQ

What is Flarum?

Flarum is a modern, open-source forum — fast, clean, and comfortable on a phone. It is the discussion software itself; we run and maintain the hosting underneath it so you never touch a server.

Do I need to know how to run a server?

No. The forum is installed, configured, secured, and backed up for you. You get an admin login and a dashboard — everything else is our problem.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, on Guildhall. Enter your domain in the dashboard and it shows the exact DNS record to add, shaped the way your registrar asks for it. The certificate issues automatically on the first visit. Tavern forums use a free hostgoblin.space subdomain with HTTPS included.

Will my forum actually send email?

Yes, on every plan, from the moment it boots. Sign-up confirmations, password resets, and notifications are configured for you. This is the single most common way a self-hosted forum locks its own owner out, so we handle it rather than leaving you an empty SMTP form.

What happens to my database in a backup?

It is included. Files and database are both backed up nightly and kept off the server. A forum backup that skips the database keeps your theme and loses every post.

Can I move an existing forum in?

Talk to us first — an import depends on what you are coming from. We would rather look at your setup honestly than promise a migration that turns into a mess.

Can I change plans later?

Any time. Upgrading from Tavern to Guildhall keeps the forum exactly as it is and adds the custom-domain option, and prepaying 3, 6, or 12 months saves up to 15%.

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