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IdeaLoom
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- API
- The technical documentation describes two major APIs: a Cornice-based API and a traversal API.demo.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Community access
- Discussions can be public, private by invitation, or allow restricted self-registration; participants can register with email or social network accounts.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Community controls
- Communities can define roles and permissions and set discussions to public, invitation-only, or restricted self-registration.idealoom.org · read 10 Oct 2026
- Conversation structure
- It combines threaded forum messages with a table of ideas that forms a concept map of conversation topics.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Conversation tools
- It supports email notifications and replies, imports from mailing lists, RSS/Atom feeds, Facebook pages, and Drupal sites, and automated translation services.idealoom.org · read 10 Oct 2026
- Decision tools
- It supports token voting and multi-criterion voting with multiple choice, yes-no, and one- or two-dimensional scales.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Email and content imports
- It can import conversations from mailing lists, RSS/Atom feeds, Facebook pages, and Drupal sites, and email replies to notifications can join the conversation.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Conversence offers services around IdeaLoom, and users can also install it on their own servers from a Docker image or from source.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- How it works
- It combines threaded forum conversations with an evolving concept map of ideas identified by participants.idealoom.org · read 10 Oct 2026
- Idea synthesis
- Participants can extract quotes from messages or web pages, relate message threads to ideas, and collaboratively edit the idea table in real time.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The features page names mailing lists, RSS/Atom feeds, Facebook pages, Drupal, email, web annotation tools, and YouTube videos.idealoom.org · read 10 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Conversence describes IdeaLoom as suited to complex problems involving diverse communities and offers advice and help getting conversations started.conversence.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- License
- IdeaLoom is open-source under the AGPL license.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Platform requirements
- The installation guide says IdeaLoom has been tested on Ubuntu, Debian, and Mac OS.demo.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- IdeaLoom is a collective intelligence platform for helping large communities hold meaningful conversations, reach shared understanding, and develop solutions.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security and backups
- The documentation describes encrypted Borg backups and advises keeping backup keys safe; it marks nginx security guidance as TODO.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support and services
- Conversence says it can advise on platform use, help start an IdeaLoom conversation, and adapt the platform to a community’s needs.conversence.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Translation and moderation
- It supports automatic translation of messages and moderation by designated individuals.idealoom.org · read 11 Oct 2026
