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Can someone point me to forum/message board software that doesn't use JS at all? Like Sourcehut but for forums.

thewakalix 5y ago
phpBB gets pretty close to this; although it does use JS for a few niceties, it’s not just usable but almost identical when JS is disabled (IIRC).
lf-non 5y ago
FluxBB [1], the PHP based forum that powers the Archlinux wiki works fine without JS, and IMHO looks fine too. If you are looking for something minimal with threading support, fossil scm [2] includes a forum. You can checkout the forum for fossil itself which is powered by fossil. [1] https://fluxbb.org https://fluxbb.org [2] https://fossil-scm.org/ https://fossil-scm.org/ [3] https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forummain https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forummain
- ijlx 5y ago
  Arch forum, you mean? The archwiki runs the standard mediawiki.
  - lf-non 5y ago
    Yes, sorry. I meant the arch forum only.
epilys 5y ago
I recently wrote one: https://github.com/epilys/sic https://github.com/epilys/sic
- emptysongglass 5y ago
  I am loving this, thanks for sharing. My only request would be for a publicly hosted image so I can easily selfhost for my own little campfire community.
  - epilys 5y ago
    Hmm I might add one thanks for the suggestion. I don't use containers for this since it's just python WSGI on apache2 (no database image required since it's sqlite3)
- e12e 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing, I missed your earlier "show hn": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086637 As someone not too familiar with Django, this looks like a nice codebase :) But am I right that there are no tests?
  - epilys 5y ago
    Thank you! Indeed there are no tests. I'm not familiar with testing in Django or web apps in general but I want to add some once I figure out what and how I should be testing.
    - e12e 5y ago
      Well, in my limited experience, the best way to do testing is to start with tests first (TDD/BDD) - and the second best, when you've started, and have no tests - is to start from a bug: someone reports a real bug, in your real system - and you try and write a test that's failing in such a way, that when you alter the system to fix the bug, the test will pass. Typically the first test will be quite painful - you might have to install a testing dependency, possibly re-work some code to allow for testing etc. But then, the next test should be a little easier. And after a few bugs and tests, you might find that for your next feature, you can somewhat easily start with a failing test. /unsolicted_advice
- goodpoint 5y ago
  Python, AGPL and without JS? Excellent!
fswwi 5y ago
This one doesn't use JS at all: http://pfpmd7dd5ijt4add2sfi4djsaij4u3ebvnwvyvuj6aeipe2f5llptkid.onion/ui3/ http://pfpmd7dd5ijt4add2sfi4djsaij4u3ebvnwvyvuj6aeipe2f5llpt...

phpBB gets pretty close to this; although it does use JS for a few niceties, it’s not just usable but almost identical when JS is disabled (IIRC).

lf-non 5y ago

FluxBB [1], the PHP based forum that powers the Archlinux wiki works fine without JS, and IMHO looks fine too. If you are looking for something minimal with threading support, fossil scm [2] includes a forum. You can checkout the forum for fossil itself which is powered by fossil. [1] https://fluxbb.org https://fluxbb.org [2] https://fossil-scm.org/ https://fossil-scm.org/ [3] https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forummain https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forummain

ijlx 5y ago
Arch forum, you mean? The archwiki runs the standard mediawiki.
- lf-non 5y ago
  Yes, sorry. I meant the arch forum only.

epilys 5y ago

I recently wrote one: https://github.com/epilys/sic https://github.com/epilys/sic

emptysongglass 5y ago
I am loving this, thanks for sharing. My only request would be for a publicly hosted image so I can easily selfhost for my own little campfire community.
- epilys 5y ago
  Hmm I might add one thanks for the suggestion. I don't use containers for this since it's just python WSGI on apache2 (no database image required since it's sqlite3)
e12e 5y ago
Thanks for sharing, I missed your earlier "show hn": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086637 As someone not too familiar with Django, this looks like a nice codebase :) But am I right that there are no tests?
- epilys 5y ago
  Thank you! Indeed there are no tests. I'm not familiar with testing in Django or web apps in general but I want to add some once I figure out what and how I should be testing.
  - e12e 5y ago
    Well, in my limited experience, the best way to do testing is to start with tests first (TDD/BDD) - and the second best, when you've started, and have no tests - is to start from a bug: someone reports a real bug, in your real system - and you try and write a test that's failing in such a way, that when you alter the system to fix the bug, the test will pass. Typically the first test will be quite painful - you might have to install a testing dependency, possibly re-work some code to allow for testing etc. But then, the next test should be a little easier. And after a few bugs and tests, you might find that for your next feature, you can somewhat easily start with a failing test. /unsolicted_advice
goodpoint 5y ago
Python, AGPL and without JS? Excellent!

fswwi 5y ago

This one doesn't use JS at all: http://pfpmd7dd5ijt4add2sfi4djsaij4u3ebvnwvyvuj6aeipe2f5llptkid.onion/ui3/ http://pfpmd7dd5ijt4add2sfi4djsaij4u3ebvnwvyvuj6aeipe2f5llpt...