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I guess this is as good a time as any to mention that something like that exists (and to toot our team's work over the years): I started the project years ago
by jayroh 9y ago
I guess this is as good a time as any to mention that something like that exists (and to toot our team's work over the years):
I started the project years ago and in the last few have gotten really great support from glebm and some others to get it to the point where it's a really lovely, stable, and fast piece of work.
We consider it the best Ruby/Rails-based alternative to Discourse out there (as an aside - wewere honored that Ryan Bigg would point people our way when he stopped maintaining Forem[1])
You said:
√ I would like to see forum software that has the feel of classic forum software (like Flux)
√ not in PHP
√ that is server-rendered
√ with a very minimal default theme (no animation)
√ and minimal JavaScript
√ and that has many of the modern features of Discourse.
I think those check out. In any case I suggest you check out the website[2], the repo[3], and the demo[4].
[1]: https://github.com/rubysherpas/forem#no-longer-maintained https://github.com/rubysherpas/forem#no-longer-maintained
[2]: https://thredded.org https://thredded.org
[3]: https://github.com/thredded/thredded https://github.com/thredded/thredded
[4]: https://thredded.org/thredded/ https://thredded.org/thredded/
- KajMagnus 9y agoInteresting. Looks as if you're two people developing it (you and 'glemb', right?). Can I ask is this a startup, or is it a side project? (or something else?) What are your long term goals? (Your about page says a lot about the forum software & its features, but nothing about who you are or why you're donig this, e.g. vision & goals.) What about providing hosting? (for people who don't want to / cannot install themselves.) And what about Gmail & FB login, what are your thoughts about supporting that?
- jayroh 9y agoNot a startup. It's just an open source project. I wrote it by myself at first but Gleb joined the project several years ago and has pretty much taken stewardship of the project. He's been the spark that the project needed. There are others working on it as well (much more than I have, or will be) and they're all doing an excellent job. As far as vision and goals, it depends on what's needed. It's pretty loose for the time being although I could see it maybe changing in the future depending on everyone's circumstances. No hosting for now, no.