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A Discord server next to a forum usually means two communities, and the forum tends to lose. Tandem is my answer: every Discord feature in one add-on, built around a lounge where members read and answer your server from the forum itself.
The whole chain ran against a real Discord server before release, with a real bot, the real Gateway, a real Soketi server and a real browser: about half a second from Discord to the forum page in Instant mode, about five seconds in Standard, about a second from the forum to Discord. Pusher's cloud, Discord log in and registration, and slash commands answering a real member were only run against faithful test servers, so try those on your own server before you announce them.
Built and tested on XenForo 2.3.13 with PHP 8.3, and installed cleanly on 2.3.11. Older 2.3 versions and PHP 8.1 were checked by reading the code, not by running it.
Questions and first impressions are welcome in the Tandem forum.
What a member sees
A Discord page on your forum with your channels, threads, replies, reactions, images and who is around. They answer on the forum, and it lands on Discord under their forum name and avatar. Someone answers on Discord, and it appears on the page with no refresh.What you get in one add-on
- The lounge, with a native widget for your sidebar or home page.
- Real time through Pusher, Soketi or any compatible server, your Messenger settings, or plain polling with nothing to set up.
- Instant mode, an optional companion file with no dependencies for any VPS with Node 22.
- Roles by rules on XenForo's own criteria, with a Preview button.
- Link, log in and register, with separate switches.
- Announcements, slash commands and a welcome card.
- A Getting started page that reads your real server and shows what is left.
What I want you to know
This is version 1.0.0 and Tandem has no customers yet, so there is no review to show you.The whole chain ran against a real Discord server before release, with a real bot, the real Gateway, a real Soketi server and a real browser: about half a second from Discord to the forum page in Instant mode, about five seconds in Standard, about a second from the forum to Discord. Pusher's cloud, Discord log in and registration, and slash commands answering a real member were only run against faithful test servers, so try those on your own server before you announce them.
Built and tested on XenForo 2.3.13 with PHP 8.3, and installed cleanly on 2.3.11. Older 2.3 versions and PHP 8.1 were checked by reading the code, not by running it.
Where to find it
- Tandem in the store: 49 EUR for a single site, twelve months of updates and support included.
- Studio members will find it in their account.
Questions and first impressions are welcome in the Tandem forum.
