This conference is for discussion of ATXbbs — the software running this BBS.
Bug reports, feature suggestions, host volunteers, design debates — all welcome here.
Where things live:
- Product page: https://atxbbs.com/
- Specs: https://atxbbs.com/specs/
- Manual: https://atxbbs.com/manual/
- Roadmap (sortable, 100+ items): https://austinspring.com/bbs/todo/
- Changelog: https://atxbbs.com/changelog/
What's running here right now:
- 72+ conferences, 4,300+ topics, 224k+ responses (1996-2026)
- Reply-notification emails, RSS feeds, soft-delete moderation
- CSRF + rate limiting, admin queue, sitemap.xml + Schema.org
- Cross-link banners between thematic conferences and reference sites (austen ↔ austen.com, drool ↔ firth.com network)
Latest priorities (Tier 1 of 11 in the running ideas list):
- Unread-since-last-visit (yapp's killer feature)
- Full-text search across archive + comments + live
- Per-conference hosts tier (delegate moderation)
- Topic subscriptions / watchlist
- @mentions
Tell me what to build. Reply here or email terry@austinspring.com.
— ~terry