Discourse 3.3 has been released, introducing features to enhance community discoverability and user experience. Key updates include Discourse Discover for easier community finding, Hot topic sorting to surface trending conversations, and AI-powered image captioning for accessibility and search. The release also improves moderation with customizable flags, accessible via the new admin sidebar or directly at {YOURSITE}/admin/config/flagsMoin. Developers benefit from more flexible theme settings and ongoing platform modernization, including the full drop of Ember 3 support. Improvements span signup, bookmarks, reminders, chat, and mobile interfaces. A minor confusion arose around the v3.3.0.beta6 tag, which was mistakenly created and later removed — v3.3.0.beta5 is the final beta and matches the stable release david. Community members celebrated the release, including bloomexperiment, who noted their first code contribution. The release underscores Discourse’s reliance on open-source contributors and continuous refinement for smoother, more powerful community management.
This new release contains powerful new features to enhance the discoverability of your community and the content within it. With Discourse Discover, members can easily find and join your community, even when on-the-go by using the Discourse Hub mobile app. Additionally, the new Hot topic list surfaces trending topics so your members can keep up with the most popular conversations in your community.
Is the admin sidebar enabled at your site (admin sidebar enabled groups)?
Then you can find “moderation flags” in the community section of the sidebar.
You can also access {YOURSITE}/admin/config/flags directly