Features

The whole stack, ready to launch.

Civup ships every part of running a community as a single connected product. Six surfaces, deeply wired together. No plugin marketplace to keep alive.

A multicultural group in conversation around a cafe table — the kind of community Civup helps you grow.

Members

A real membership system, not a gated mailing list. Civup ships role-based access, self-service profiles, and the auth modes you actually need.

Email + password with bcrypt hashing and rate-limiting
Magic-link sign-in for low-friction onboarding
TOTP two-factor with QR enrollment + recovery codes
OAuth ready: Google, Facebook, GitHub (one-line config per tenant)
Custom profile fields per tenant (text, select, multi-select, URL, image)
Member directory with search + filter by role, status, custom fields
Self-service signup with optional admin approval gate
Listing claim flow — anonymous import becomes member-owned
Tiered roles: owner, admin, content, billing, support, member
Per-action audit log: every admin change is captured forever

Listings & directory

The core directory experience: businesses, organizations, points of interest. Categorized, geocoded, searchable, and member-claimable.

Hierarchical categories (unlimited depth, drag-to-reorder)
Per-category custom fields (e.g. "wheelchair accessible" for venues)
Photos, videos, and document attachments via R2
Hours of operation with day-of-week + holiday overrides
Multiple contact methods: phone, email, social, website
Geo-coordinates from address or pin-on-map
Edge-rendered map view with marker clustering
FTS5 + Haversine search ranks by relevance and distance
Bulk import from CSV, OpenStreetMap, or competitor exports
Featured/sponsored listings with admin-pinned ordering

Events & calendar

Events are first-class — not a "blog post with a date." Civup handles RSVPs, recurring schedules, ticketing, and a per-host calendar feed.

Single, recurring (RRULE), or multi-day events
RSVP tracking with capacity limits and waitlists
Free or paid tickets via Stripe (one-time or tiered)
iCalendar feed (.ics) per category for personal calendars
Day, week, month, and agenda views
Pinned + featured events surface on tenant homepage
Location with map embed and venue details
Per-event custom fields (dress code, age limit, parking)
Comment threads on event pages
Reminder emails (24h, 1h before) to RSVPs

Content & community

A built-in CMS so editors don't need a separate tool. Posts, pages, comments, and threaded discussion — all under one URL space.

Three post types: blog, page, event (extensible)
Scheduled publishing with cron-driven flip from draft to live
Threaded comments with @mentions and likes
Per-post categories, tags, and pinned ordering
Cover image, OG image, custom meta per post
Revision history — roll back any post to any prior version
Comment moderation queue with AI pre-screening (see AI page)
Newsletter syndication: turn published posts into email blasts
RSS feed per category and per author
Structured data (BlogPosting, Event) emitted automatically

Billing & payments

Stripe under the hood, with the platform handling all the operator-friendly mechanics — coupons, dunning, self-serve cancellation.

Stripe subscriptions, one-time, and metered billing
Multiple plans per tenant (free, pro, custom)
Coupon codes with percentage, fixed-amount, or trial extension
Self-service cancellation + reactivation in member dashboard
Automated past-due dunning: configurable reminder cadence
Invoices and receipts emailed automatically; downloadable PDFs
Sales tax via Stripe Tax (auto-calc by jurisdiction)
Refund and credit issuance from admin without leaving Civup
Webhook-driven sync — billing state never drifts from Stripe
Platform-level operator billing separate from member billing

Email & campaigns

Transactional and bulk on the same rails. Per-tenant verified senders, segmented audiences, and bounce + unsubscribe handling done right.

Resend-backed delivery with per-tenant verified sender domain
Transactional templates: welcome, verify, reset, receipt, renewal
Drag-and-drop campaign builder with preview
Audience segmentation: by role, plan, last-active, custom field
A/B subject line testing with auto-winner
Open + click tracking (with privacy-respectful pixel)
Automatic SPF/DKIM/DMARC verification flow per tenant
Hard-bounce list management — auto-suppress on second hard bounce
One-click unsubscribe (CAN-SPAM and RFC 8058 compliant)
Queue-driven sending — 100k recipients without timing out

Frequently asked

Can my members log in with Google or Facebook?: Yes — OAuth providers are wired in, you just paste your client ID + secret per tenant. Members can also use email + password or magic-link.
Can I migrate from another platform?: Yes. We import from CSV, JSON, the open-source Brilliant Directories export format, OpenStreetMap, and most other directory tools. AI handles category mapping and dedup.
Do members own their content?: Yes. Members own anything they create. Operators own the platform configuration. Civup retains no rights beyond what we need to host the site for you.
How does multi-tenant work?: Each tenant gets an isolated database. No cross-tenant queries are possible — your members, your listings, your billing all live separately. One platform, many brands.
Can one tenant run multiple domains?: Yes — domain profiles let one tenant render different "shapes" per host. Same data, different theme + filter. e.g. a directory at brand.com and an events-only calendar at brand.events.
What's on the roadmap?: Cloudflare Images for srcset, mobile apps via Capacitor, deeper analytics, vector embeddings for richer search, and customer-defined AI agents.

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