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oxtyped

@postmodern @malcircuit

You could try phpbb, discourse, vanilla forum. Its been a while since I last set them up, but they should still be well maintained.

2 January at 7:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.hackerdrinks.social
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postmodern

@oxtyped @malcircuit discourse isn't actually free for everyone. You need X number of users and to be an Open Source project to get the free hosted version. I have an Open Source project, Ronin (ronin-rb.dev), but lack the required number of users to get a free discourse server. :(

Also, what if I also want real-time chat, not just a forum?

phpbb/other forums still require you to find a free hosting provider.

2 January at 7:49 | Open on ruby.social
oxtyped

@postmodern @malcircuit my bad! I did not realize that discourse has a tier to it.

I think if resources allows for it, there are hosting providers that you might get away with for < $2/month. There's nearlyfreespeech.net/ for example which you could consider.

disclaimer: I have not used them before, I've just seen them around since the early 2000s and always found them interesting.

if resources are really tight, maybe you can hit me up a DM, I might be able to hook you up.

2 January at 8:14 | Open on mastodon.hackerdrinks.social
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