RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/116593324385546742
In that note, my favorite forum software is still WoltLab.
The framework, which you can use as a CMS, is open source and free to download and use. However, the forum software itself is a paid plug-in for that framework.
The software is based in Germany, which means it includes many privacy and security settings, including the option for administrators to disable IP logging. In today’s world, where I can change IPs with the press of a button or through a simple browser extension, tracking IPs often just takes up database space and slows down site performance. Your web server, DNS server, and hardware firewall will log IPs anyway, so if something serious comes up, you can still manage things if needed. In my opinion, having a dynamic website track them in today’s age is mostly just unnecessary bloat.

