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Does anyone know or use #flatboard ? It sounds like a nice opensource and lightweight self-hosted forum, but I cannot find the source code!
There is not a single line of code on the Git repo and even the release archive is empty.
https://github.com/Fred89/Flatboard
I find it super sketchy and it is a big red flag to me. Can anyone explain?
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Flatboard 1d ago

@p_oklr It looks like you didn’t read the README. It clearly explains where to download and how to install Flatboard.

Also, the absence of source code on GitHub is intentional. The project isn’t distributed directly through the repository—I provide downloadable versions separately so users can choose exactly which version they want to install.

So there’s nothing “sketchy” here, just a different distribution approach that’s explained in the documentation 👍 https://docs.flatboard.org/docs

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P_OKLR 1d ago

@Flatboard I did read the README, but I still wanted to check out the source code before downloading a big ZIP archive. Indeed, one can access the code that way. I'll have a look.

Nonetheless, I find it weird to have a "Source Code" button that does not redirect to the source code but an empty Git repo. Especially since it says everywhere "GPL-3.0" license.

Anyway, I'll have a look at it. I think flatboard could be useful to setup a journal club in our group.

Thanks for your response 👍

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Flatboard 1d ago

The archive is just over 3 MB, so it remains lightweight to download.
I prefer managing the project through the support forum so the community can benefit and to encourage exchanges, which have been fading in recent years. I don’t have time to maintain GitHub activity.

Feel free to share your feedback after trying it out, and I’m glad Flatboard could be useful for a journal club 🙂