Discourse

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Discourse is an open-source Internet forum system. It is developed using Ruby on Rails and Ember.js, making it a robust and highly performant web application. It is known for its user-friendly interface, real-time updates, and mobile responsiveness. Discourse is not just a forum software; it is a platform designed to promote healthy, engaging discussions among community members.

Installation

Native package

The new forum is available as discourse^AUR.

The current version is out of date, and has an issue with redis-namespace.

In order to build the latest version and avoid the redis-namespace issue, download the snapshot.

In the PKGBUILD file, change the version number from 2.6.2 to 3.0.0 *and* rename COPYRIGHT.txt to COPYRIGHT.md.

Containerized

There is also an official Docker image suited for containerized use.

Usage in Arch Linux

Discourse is currently being tested as a replacement for FluxBB as the forum software. You can try it here https://discourse.sandbox.archlinux.org.