For Membership Sites & Online Communities

Build thriving online communities with powerful open-source platforms

Great communities need solid infrastructure. We help you build and manage membership sites and online communities that foster engagement, grow sustainably, and give you complete control over your platform.

Community Platform Solutions

Modern Forum Software

Launch a vibrant discussion community using proven open-source platforms. We deploy and customize Discourse, phpBB, Flarum, or NodeBB with modern, mobile-responsive designs, powerful moderation tools, and seamless user experiences.

Build your own social network with complete control. We implement platforms like Mastodon, Friendica, or Diaspora, giving your community a privacy-focused alternative to commercial social networks.

Knowledge Base & Q&A Systems

Create spaces where your community can learn and share. We deploy solutions like Discourse’s Q&A mode, Question2Answer, or integrated wikis with MediaWiki or BookStack.

Membership Management

Subscription & Payment Systems

Monetize your community sustainably. We integrate subscription billing systems, implement tiered membership levels, set up recurring payment processing, and provide member area access control.

Member Portals

Give members exclusive access to valuable content. We build secure member areas with premium content protection, downloadable resources, member directories, and profile management.

Registration & Onboarding

Make joining your community seamless. We implement custom registration flows, email verification and welcome sequences, profile customization options, and new member orientation systems.

Engagement & Growth

Content Management

Keep your community engaged with fresh content. We set up blogging platforms, newsletters using Listmonk, content scheduling and curation tools, and member content submission systems.

Gamification & Rewards

Motivate participation with recognition systems including reputation points and badges, achievement tracking, leaderboards and rankings, and member level progression.

Analytics & Insights

Understand what drives your community. We implement engagement metrics and dashboards, member activity tracking, content performance analysis, and growth trend reporting.

Communication Tools

Email Systems

Keep members informed and engaged. We deploy self-hosted email solutions with newsletter management, transactional email delivery, email automation workflows, and segmentation for targeted messaging.

Real-Time Chat

Add instant communication to your community. We integrate chat platforms like Matrix, Mattermost, or Rocket.Chat with public and private channels, direct messaging, file sharing, and integration with your main platform.

Event Management

Bring your community together with virtual and in-person events, registration and ticketing systems, calendar integration, and automated reminders and follow-ups.

Moderation & Safety

Content Moderation Tools

Keep your community healthy and safe. We implement automated spam filtering, flagging and reporting systems, moderation queues and workflows, and configurable content policies.

User Management

Maintain control while empowering members. We set up granular permission systems, user role hierarchies, suspension and ban management, and appeal processes.

Privacy Protection

Respect member privacy with GDPR-compliant data handling, privacy-focused analytics, member data export tools, and transparent privacy policies.

Scaling Your Community

Performance Optimization

Handle growing traffic gracefully with caching strategies for dynamic content, CDN integration for media files, database optimization, and load balancing for peak times.

Multi-Site Communities

Manage related communities efficiently with shared authentication across sites, centralized user management, cross-site content sharing, and unified administrative controls.

Mobile Experience

Meet members where they are with mobile-responsive designs, progressive web app capabilities, mobile app integration options, and push notifications for engagement.

Why Community Builders Choose OpsHelp

Community-First Philosophy

We understand that communities are about people, not just technology. Our solutions prioritize member experience and organic growth.

Own Your Platform

Avoid platform risk with self-hosted solutions. No algorithm changes, no surprise policy updates, no vendor lock-in. Your community, your rules.

Sustainable Growth

Build communities that last with infrastructure that scales affordably, sustainable monetization options, and long-term technical support.

Expert Support

From technical challenges to growth strategy, we’re here to help your community thrive at every stage.

Getting Started

Whether you’re launching a new community or migrating from a commercial platform, we’ll help you build an online space that truly belongs to your members.