Feedbase

Open-source, self-hosted feedback boards for your users and team.

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Warning

Feedbase is a work in progress. By the time you're reading this, some features listed here may not yet be available — or new ones may have shipped that aren't documented yet. Have a suggestion or found something off? Open an issue or join us on Discord.

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Contents

• What is Feedbase?
• Features
• Stack
• Getting started
• Configuration
• Upgrading
• Contributing
• Roadmap
• FAQ
• License

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What is Feedbase?

Feedbase is a self-hosted, open-source feedback management tool. Give your users a place to submit ideas, report bugs, and upvote what matters — all on your own infrastructure.

No SaaS subscriptions. No vendor lock-in. Your data stays yours.

Inspired by tools like Canny, Fider, and Productboard — but free, open, and self-hosted.

	Feedbase	Canny	Fider
Self-hosted	✅	❌	✅
Open source	✅	❌	✅
Free	✅	Paid tiers	✅
Discord-native workflow	✅	❌	❌

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Features

Feedback & roadmap

• Public or private feedback boards per project, with upvotes and threaded comments
• Customisable suggestion statuses (Under Review, Planned, In Progress, Done, Won't Do)
• Kanban-style public roadmap your users can follow
• Changelog publishing tied to resolved suggestions

Integrations & notifications

• Discord: webhooks on new posts, slash commands to update statuses without leaving Discord
• Email notifications when a suggestion's status changes
• Roblox OAuth sign-in for user authentication

Admin & operations

• Role-based access: Owner, Admin, Member, Viewer
• Admin panel at /admin for managing users, projects, and instance settings
• Automatic update checks with an in-panel banner when a new release ships
• Version tracking baked in via Docker build args

MIT licensed — fork it, modify it, ship it.

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Stack

Layer	Tech
Framework	Next.js (App Router)
Auth	better-auth
Database	PostgreSQL + Prisma
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Animations	Framer Motion
Deployment	Docker / docker-compose

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Getting started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• PostgreSQL 15+
• Docker (recommended — handles the database and app together with the least setup)

Option 1 — Docker (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/breadddevv/feedbase.git
cd feedbase
cp .env.example .env
# Fill in your .env values — see Configuration below
docker compose up -d

Feedbase will be available at http://localhost:3000.

Option 2 — Manual

git clone https://github.com/breadddevv/feedbase.git
cd feedbase
cp .env.example .env
# Fill in your .env values — see Configuration below
npm install
npx prisma migrate deploy
npm run build
npm start

One-click deploys

Note: Vercel is a serverless platform and won't run the Discord bot's persistent connection. Use Docker or a Railway/VPS deploy if you need slash commands.

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Configuration

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values below.

Variable	Required	Description
DATABASE_URL	✅	PostgreSQL connection string
BETTER_AUTH_URL	✅	Base URL Feedbase is served from, no trailing slash
DISCORD_CLIENT_ID	Optional	Discord OAuth client ID, for Discord login
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET	Optional	Discord OAuth client secret
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN	Optional	Enables slash commands for updating suggestion statuses from Discord
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL	Optional	Posts new suggestions to a Discord channel
DISCORD_GUILD_ID	Optional	Discord server the bot and webhooks operate in
ROBLOX_CLIENT_ID	Optional	Roblox OAuth client ID, for Roblox login
ROBLOX_CLIENT_SECRET	Optional	Roblox OAuth client secret

Only DATABASE_URL and BETTER_AUTH_URL are required to run Feedbase. Discord and Roblox variables are needed only if you want those sign-in and integration options.

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Upgrading

Feedbase checks for updates automatically against the GitHub releases page. When a new version is available, you'll see a banner in the admin panel.

To upgrade with Docker:

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

# Run locally in dev mode
npm run dev

# Run database migrations
npx prisma migrate dev

# Lint
npm run lint

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Roadmap

• Slack integration
• GitHub Issues sync
• REST API + API keys
• Import from Canny / Fider
• AI duplicate detection

Have a feature request? Open an issue or suggest it on our own Feedbase board.

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FAQ

Does Feedbase support SSO / SAML? Not yet — currently Discord and Roblox OAuth are supported. See the roadmap for what's planned.

Can I run multiple projects/boards on one instance? Yes, boards are scoped per project within a single instance.

Where do I report a bug? Open a GitHub issue or ping us on Discord.

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License

Feedbase is open-source software released under the MIT License.

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