Simple
Lightweight native comment cards with bounded disclosure and no embedded Discourse application.
Discussion freedom for the open web
Publish anywhere.
Keep the discussion.
DiscussionBridge connects content without trapping its conversation inside a CMS, theme, or framework. Publish where the work belongs. Keep Discourse as the durable home of the discussion.
The product promise
Your content can move.
Its discussion does not have to start over.
Discussion should be platform-agnostic by design and connected by choice. A canonical conversation can appear wherever its content belongs without creating competing histories.
Change a CMS. Replace a theme. Generate a static site. Add The Bridge later. The discussion identity, replies, moderation, and community memory remain anchored in Discourse.
The Discourse-powered flagship
The Bridge
The reference experience where Content Connections, Bridge Records, authorship, reconciliation, publishing, and live discussion come together through the same DiscussionBridge plugin available to forum operators.
Built in public
Not a small project.
Not a mystery.
DiscussionBridge is developed in the open as a focused product family, with the implementation and its supporting tests measured from exact Git-tracked sources.
18,673lines of first-party product source
8,384lines of tests
3,177lines of product documentation
6current implementation packages
Last measured September 16, 2026. Generated bundles, dependencies, lockfiles, vendored code, archives, and binary assets are excluded.
Proven across the publishing estate
Eight profiles. Real content. One coherent approach.
Each profile proves stable identity, bounded delivery, safe retry, native presentation, and an honest platform boundary—not a logo on a compatibility list.
01AstroAstro + Starlight and plain Astro↗02GhostNative publishing and discussion↗03HugoStatic publishing with live discussion↗04Statamic DBDatabase-backed content↗05Statamic FlatFile-backed content↗06Statamic SSGGenerated site delivery↗07WordPressNative plugin integration↗08The BridgeDiscourse as Publisher↗
Presentation by choice
Not every site needs the same discussion experience.
Full
Plugin-free Discourse comments for operators who want the familiar Core presentation.
Interactive
The complete Bridge experience with live forum interaction, durable mapping, and governed identity.
A family of focused tools
A flagship, an inaugural product, and room to grow deliberately.
Flagship
The Bridge
The Discourse-powered reference experience and the center of the connected publishing demonstrations.
Explore The BridgeInaugural platform product
DiscussionBridge for Astro + Starlight
A standalone Astro product that works with standard Discourse and becomes Bridge-enhanced by choice.
See Astro + StarlightPlanned themed editions
Build beautifully. Launch on the same foundation.
Native Astro, Ghost, Hugo, and shared Statamic editions can move from polished placeholder to private preview to finished live site. A purpose-built Discourse theme for The Bridge is also being considered.
See the planned editionsFocused capabilities
Network, Migration, Identity, and Deployment.
Important capabilities remain separate by purpose so the core product does not become an undifferentiated control plane.
Read the roadmapHelp shape what follows
What should DiscussionBridge connect next?
We would rather solve demonstrated publishing problems than build speculative integrations. Bring us the platform, migration, identity, or community workflow you actually need.