It seems XenForo doesn't have a 'joinable groups' feature. Is this ever going to be built-in in the future?

[MrFusion]

'Joinable groups' is one feature I absolutely need. Other than missing that feature, XenForo looks like it has all major features that most everyone would want already built-in (I tried the demo). So congratulations on a nice looking and full-featured product, except for lacking that joinable groups feature.

 

[Paul B]

There is an open suggestion for it but we can't provide any information as to when or if it will be added.

 

[MySiteGuy]

[XB] Join User Group

This add-on allows the administrator to set certain user groups for their as join-able. Users can then select which user groups they would like to join. Features: Admin can set joinable usergroup on registration Admin can make usergroup...

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[Alpha1]

Missing: Social Groups + Group-forums

XenForo is great as it is, but I think one of the Core-Features which are still missing are some sort of "Groups" so that users can associate themselves to certain Groups. Maybe also having Group-Forums for each of those Groups ? For example, XING.com is using Group-Forums (public or...

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[Kirby]

As @Brogan has already pointed out, there is an open suggestion to add Public Usergroups.

This suggestion by has been open for well over 10 years and has received 46 upvotes by now.

So what does that mean? To me it means that there is non much interest in such a feature, it seems that most forums would not need or use it.
I think it is therefore pretty unlikely that this would be added (in the near future), so if you "need" this it might be better to look for Add-ons.

 

[Mr. Jinx]

Or this? no add-on needed:

Using Custom user fields with User group promotions

This guide will show how easy it is to allow your members to choose which additional user groups they wish to be members of and subsequently affect their forum experience. For an explanation of both features, see the following pages of the...

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