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Roles control what people can do inside a community. Use them to delegate server operations while keeping community governance in the right hands.

Role overview

  • Visitor: not logged in or not following
  • Follower: gets updates without joining
  • Member: participates and hosts servers
  • Maintainer: operates nodes and server health
  • Admin: manages settings and roles

Permissions

ActionVisitorFollowerMemberMaintainerAdmin
View community profileYesYesYesYesYes
View server list and statusYesYesYesYesYes
Join playable serverYesYesYesYesYes
Read discussionsYesYesYesYesYes
Follow communityYesYesYesYesYes
Receive updates and notificationsNoYesYesYesYes
Post discussion or commentNoNoYesYesYes
Create game server (within quota)NoNoYesYesYes
Manage own servers (start, stop, restart)NoNoYesYesYes
Edit own server configNoNoYesYesYes
Register nodeNoNoNoYesYes
Manage nodes (health, start, stop)NoNoNoYesYes
Approve or deny server requestsNoNoNoYesYes
Moderate discussions (remove, lock)NoNoNoYesYes
Manage roles, settings, featured contentNoNoNoNoYes

Basic use case

Give members the ability to host and manage their own servers while keeping moderation and node operations with maintainers and admins.

Advanced use case

Assign multiple maintainers to cover infrastructure shifts and keep admins focused on community growth, featured content, and governance.