Flarum - next-generation forum

[A Former User]

@robi Seems super beta rn but might be worth looking into testing for stability.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in Flarum - next-generation forum:

@jdaviescoates Flarum does not have LDAP, does it? (atleast, not afaict)

I didn't actually check, it's just whenever I mention anything to do with forums I like to slip in my request for LDAP for Discourse too because I'd really like that

The main thing Flarum has going for it is it's a nicely designed forum with low resource requirements.

[robi]

In most situations I've come across you don't actually want to have forum users managed by LDAP, or if you do, not have so many users to manage in Cloudron.

There are levels and layers, and public/private/mgmt users sometimes need separation.

[jdaviescoates]

We've gone off topic (my bad) @robi, but I'd like to use Discourse pretty much like Discourse for Teams.

But I'd also like to use LDAP for more public forums too.

What I want is exactly what is already achievable with Rocket.Chat, i.e. team members can login using their Cloudron credentials using LDAP, but other people can also separately simply register on Rocket.Chat too.

At present it's annoying and confusing for my users that they can use their Cloudron login for all the apps we use apart from Discourse.

[jdaviescoates]

1.1.1 came out a while ago

https://discuss.flarum.org/d/29188-flarum-110-released

https://github.com/flarum/core/releases/tag/v1.1.1

There are some very big communities using it already, see showcase section on https://flarum.org/

I'd say this is good to go!

Any @appdev up for giving it a go?

[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.