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Niche forums. Federated.
by julianlam 11mo ago
Niche forums. Federated.
- Pacers31Colts18 11mo agoDoes that actually exist? I know there are reddit type clones, but I'm yet to see anything that allows me to setup a niche server and only that.
- interroboink 11mo agoYeah, there quite a few. Like old-school phpBB is still around[1]. Or, take a look at the list on Wikipedia[2]. Not sure if you're looking for a hosted solution, though. A lot of those would involve you running your own server. [1] https://www.phpbb.com/ https://www.phpbb.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_s...
- doublerabbit 11mo agoHow I miss my script kiddie days of being 15, downloading "nulled" versions of vBulletin off of Limewire and throwing them up on pocket money paid cPanel web hosting account waiting for it to upload on my parents 56K. Exploit ridden PHPNuke & e107 CMS too.
- speff 11mo agoWe had similar childhoods - though I did phpBB. Never had an audience for the forum, but it was cool just having and styling it. Good times.
- input_sh 11mo agoDiscourse also has a (first-party) ActivityPub plugin now!
- julianlam 11mo agoIndeed! NodeBB is exactly that, and federates over ActivityPub.
- monksy 11mo agoI can't wait till theres a good reddit federated clone.
- Zak 11mo agoLemmy and Piefed are federated Reddit clones. I'm assuming you think they're not good. What should they improve?
- NoboruWataya 11mo agoI would love something that is close to phpBB but slightly more modern. Like, phpBB but with federation support and a clean API would be great. But most modern forum-like software is Reddit clones.
- julianlam 11mo agoHopefully NodeBB hits that mark. Inspired by phpBB and similar, federating, clean API.