I was searching for any documentation/guide for integrating Cloudflare Turnstile with Discourse but not able to find it. Can any one help with this?

Same question here. Very eager to find out

Users must validate their email address in order to create an account. How does turnstile do anything but discourage users from creating an account? What problem are you solving?

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Users must validate their email address in order to create an account. How does turnstile do anything but discourage users from creating an account? What problem are you solving? I am considering the possibility that if some automated programs crazily register users, it could consume the daily sending quota of the email server (which is integrated from a third party), leading to increased costs.

Is Cloudflare Turnstile currently supported by Discourse, or are there any plans to support it in the future?

I believe you could integrate it with a theme component, but as I asked before, are you currently experiencing a problem that Turnstile will solve?

Thanks for your reply! I recently noticed Cloudflare verification when registering or posting on other forums, which made me curious whether Discourse can do the same.

Seems like it’d solve the same problem hCaptcha solves, except that unlike hCaptcha’s free tier, Turnstile’s free tier offers a transparent/zero-friction mode, better analytics, and it’s integrated into the cloudflare stack and manageable from the CF dashboard, which is potentially valuable to self-hosters already utilizing CF (or anyone who wants a transparent captcha offering without forking over $99/month).

Do you have a bunch of examples of fake accounts getting set up? Since you have to validate your email address when creating an account, most sites don’t bother Wuthering captcha as it makes it harder for real users to register without any benefit.

How can I integrate Cloudflare Turnstile with Discourse?

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ernestdefoe (Ernest L. Defoe) April 10, 2024, 2:04am 3

Yeah this is a much needed feature. I prefer Turnstile over all the other captcha services. Hopefully someone will create a plugin or something for this soon.

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