Forum overview

The Autonomy Edge forum is a Discourse-style discussion board for everything OpenPLC and Autonomy Edge: news, project sharing, hardware help, bug reports, and general discussion. It's the busiest community surface on the platform.

Open it from the dashboard by clicking View Forum on the Trending Topics card, or by clicking your avatar in the top-right and choosing Forum.

Forum home page, hero banner, stats, categories, and topic list

The forum is global

Unlike projects and orchestrators, the forum is not workspace-scoped. There's one forum for everyone, regardless of which workspace you're in. Posting in the forum uses your account identity (display name and avatar) directly.

What the home page shows

Hero banner. A static banner: Community Forum. To a more open future. Join the conversation, share your projects, and help shape the future of open-source industrial automation.

Toolbar. Below the hero, a row of summary stats and actions:

  • N Topics and M Posts: running totals.
  • Mark All Read: clears all unread badges for you.
  • Members: link to the Members directory.
  • + New Topic: opens the new topic editor.

Search and sort. Below the toolbar:

  • Search topics: full-text search.
  • Latest / Trending / Most Replied / Most Viewed: sort the topic feed.

Categories. The rest of the page is a list of categories. Each category card has:

  • The category name (e.g. News & Announcements).
  • A short description.
  • A small avatar of the most recent poster.
  • The latest topic title.
  • "Xmo ago" timestamp.
  • Topic and post counts.

Clicking a category opens its board page with that category's topics.

Categories on the OpenPLC forum

Today's categories include:

  • News & Announcements: official platform and runtime updates.
  • OpenPLC - General Discussion: open-ended Q&A, with sub-tags for Raspberry Pi, UniPi, Arduino, PC.
  • OpenPLC Hardware: hardware-specific questions.
  • OpenPLC Editor: editor bugs, feature requests, usage tips.
  • Sample PLC Programs: share programs you've written.
  • OpenPLC Projects: long-form project showcases.
  • Custom Function Blocks: share blocks written in Python or C++.
  • OpenPLC em Português: Portuguese-language section.
  • Bug Reports: formal bug reports against the platform.
  • Patreons Only: gated category for Patreon supporters.

Categories are created and managed by platform admins; users post into existing ones.

Reading without signing in

You can browse the forum and read every public thread without an account. To post, reply, star, or DM, you need to be signed in.

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