Flarum - next-generation forum

[LoudLemur]

@nebulon

NodeBB vs Flarum

https://www.slant.co/versus/2791/2795/~nodebb_vs_flarum

[marcusquinn]

Just discovered this used at orionfeedback.org for browser.kagi.com

Got to say, both the browser and the feedback forum are very fast and nice.

[LoudLemur]

@marcusquinn WOw! that feedback page is just gorgeous!
Thank you very much!

Can anybody identify it? Perhaps it is Free software...

[luckow]

@LoudLemur https://flarum.org/

[jdaviescoates]

@luckow said in Flarum - next-generation forum:

@LoudLemur https://flarum.org/

Heh, yeah, hence why @marcusquinn said:

Just discovered this used at orionfeedback.org

this being flarum, the subject of this thread

[LoudLemur]

@jdaviescoates Haha! This is very funny! Sorry about that. I am trying to do too much too quickly.

I knew flarum, but never saw it look so beautiful.

[marcusquinn]

The main repo:

• https://github.com/flarum/framework

Flarum with Docker:

• https://discuss.flarum.org/d/22011-flarum-on-docker
• https://github.com/mondediefr/docker-flarum
• https://github.com/flarumite/flarum-docker

Also, the Mithril JavaScript framework they are using looks super slick:

• https://mithril.js.org/

[LoudLemur]

@marcusquinn Thanks. Here is the Mithril examples page:

https://mithril.js.org/examples.html

[eddowding]

Still a great forum..

[marcusquinn]

Just revisited Flarum - really is a nice forum to use, with some interesting extensions:

• https://flarum.org/scenario/flarum-as-helpdesk
• https://flarum.org/scenario/flarum-as-influencer-community
• https://flarum.org/scenario/flarum-as-web3-community
• https://flarum.org/extensions?tableSortColumn=downloads&tableSortDirection=desc

[marcusquinn]

Could be easier to manage, being php, too.

[humptydumpty]

@marcusquinn I bet having the forum, ticketing, and knowledgebase all under one roof would streamline things for the staff. Asking folks to email support@ and then following up on the resolution is a time waster for everyone.

[marcusquinn]

@humptydumpty Perhaps. I don't know that anyone would want to go through migrating the Cloudron forum, as it works well enough, but I can see for new setups Flarum looks like a mature and considered platform, and likely will attract more Cloudron subscribers for having it.

[LoudLemur]

@marcusquinn said in Flarum - next-generation forum:

Perhaps. I don't know that anyone would want to go through migrating the Cloudron forum, as it works well enough, but I can see for new setups Flarum looks like a mature and considered platform, and likely will attract more Cloudron subscribers for having it.

[marcusquinn]

@LoudLemur From what I've seen, I think NodeBB, Discourse, and Flarum are all brilliant for their own reasons — so we live in amazing times to have all these options.

I think it always comes down to what features are important to the Admins.

Thankfully NodeBB is still super simple, and created a thriving Cloudron community there.

Flarum I think is also amazing, very aesthetically pleasing, and I'll always have a soft-spot for php-based apps.

TBH, if I were choosing for my own use, I think it would be difficult to beat Discourse for features and maturity, but Flarum certainly has a few things the other's don't, especially some of the nice looking plugins for things like Subscriptions and Private forum areas, which I haven't seen in NodeBB.