Marga Manterola
Crowd sourcing information: What's the best ready-made Free Software engine for web-forums? (with some nice HTML formatting for posts, including good embedding image support).
Bonus points if there is an affordable managed service available, as this is not for me.
Thanks!
Jul 11, 2024 at 8:50amWeb
Show threadMarcos DioneJul 11, 2024
@marga something like discourse? Just asking to have an idea of the scope...
Show threadMarga ManterolaJul 11, 2024

@mdione Yeah, I guess something like Discourse. I have no idea how easy it is to admin a Discourse instance.

The managed one is 50 USD per month, which might be peanuts for a company, but it's a lot for a personal instance. When I said affordable managed service, I was thinking more in the 5 to 10 USD per month price range.

Otherwise, I can host it myself as a favor to the person asking this of me, but I'd rather not.

Show threadRic Harvey 🇪🇺🌍💚Jul 11, 2024
@marga @RichiH for forums try https://discourse.org there’s a SaaS version and #opensource self hosted version. There’s even an activityPub plugin for it.
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Show threadLorefnonJul 11, 2024
@marga Discourse, Flarum, Talkyard
Show threadJack HenschelJul 11, 2024
@marga Discourse is pretty popular, they also have a hosted option: https://www.discourse.org/pricing
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