Flarum
Web and SaaS
forum software
SHOW HN2015
163points
78comments
#119of 2,565 in 2015
Top 5%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Design: 4 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive, simple design
From 3 comments
Bugs/feedback welcome, I assume? 1. Bug: The "read the rules" banner link is broken. http://discuss.flarum.org/d/392/frequently-asked-questions-please-read-here-before-posting/1…
dpark on HNThe design is incredibly on-point. The breakpoints for smaller screens work well for me, and everything is where I would expect it to be. The subtle animations and the…
aesthetics1 on HNI'm really in love with this. Subtle but comprehensive UI devoid of all the clutter.
Xunxi on HN
Easy to install on shared hosting
From 2 comments
Can I ask specifically what you don't like about the direction Discourse/Flarum are taking? I can't hope to compete with Discourse on features (yet!), but I think Flarum's…
tobyzerner on HNThanks! The compiled source (http://flarum.org/download) should run on shared hosting no problems. The bash scripts are only for building that ZIP that we put up for download,…
tobyzerner on HN
Extensible architecture
From 2 comments
I took a peek at the source code. Extensions are Composer packages that hook into the core dispatcher, while the frontend extends Mithril components written in ES6. I'm in love.
Gigablah on HNWe built Flarum to be highly extensible, so something like this could easily be implemented! Eventually we'll probably make an official Q&A extension too. If you want to learn…
tobyzerner on HN
Objections
Not ready for production; buggy and missing features
From 1 comment
It's buggy, prone to spam, probably not secure, missing features, etc. Probably should've named it an alpha, almost. But if you're game you could give it a spin - we're running…
tobyzerner on HN
HTML-only version lacks parity with JS version
From 1 comment
I like the fact that Flarum has an html-only version for browsers with disabled javascript, but it seems to be an alternate implementation, not the same content with less…
TuringTest on HN
No spam protection yet
From 1 comment
It doesn't at the moment! D: That's something we plan to address very soon though. Not sure what specific strategies we'll implement – will sit down and nut it out in the next…
tobyzerner on HN
Requests
Spam protection
From 2 comments
This looks great! I've been looking for a good alternative to replace Vanilla Forums for a while. I think I'll hold off until Flarum stabilizes, since it seems like a natural…
lux on HNIt doesn't at the moment! D: That's something we plan to address very soon though. Not sure what specific strategies we'll implement – will sit down and nut it out in the next…
tobyzerner on HN
Nested subforums
From 1 comment
This looks interesting, but it would need proper, nested subforums that are more discrete than the current tag system to really substitute for any of the major forums I use. This…
zyxley on HN
Self-hosted push instead of Pusher
From 2 comments
> 4. Haha, I don't want to pay for Pusher right now. Will be working on a self-hosted push solution soon. I hear great things about Faye: http://faye.jcoglan.com/ You can also…
joncalhoun on HNThis is very kind of you and Pusher, but I have to be honest, if I'm to ever consider hosting something like this I'd like the option to be entirely self hosted and not reliant…
beefsack on HN
Content caching
From 1 comment
Toby Given than flarum.org is down due to moderate traffic, any immediate plans to include sometype of content caching within Flarum?
alberth on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Discourse?
From 1 comment
What is your forum software bringing compared to Discourse ? I actually hate Discourse, for me, this is not the way a forum should be, and from my quick glance at your website,…
Gmo on HN
How is SEO handled?
From 1 comment
Another question: how do you plan to deal with SEO?
tacone on HN
Can authentication be shared outside Flarum?
From 1 comment
I couldn't find information about this in the documentation. How hard is it going to be either to replace the core authentication with my own implementation, or use Flarum's…
raziel2p on HN
Alternatives named
Discourse
From 2 comments
What is your forum software bringing compared to Discourse ? I actually hate Discourse, for me, this is not the way a forum should be, and from my quick glance at your website,…
Gmo on HNI setup Discourse for a couple of days and absolutely hated everything about it. - It actually ok to setup, following instructions. - The UI is awful. - Changing the sub domain…
jbrooksuk on HN
Vanilla Forums
From 1 comment
This looks great! I've been looking for a good alternative to replace Vanilla Forums for a while. I think I'll hold off until Flarum stabilizes, since it seems like a natural…
lux on HN
esoTalk
From 1 comment
Okay, this bugs me just a little bit. From the story page[1]: > A piece of software that depends on extensions will surely fail without the establishment of an ecosystem. I do…
JasonSage on HN
FluxBB
From 1 comment
Sad to see this eating up and killing off FluxBB. Seems like we're slowly but surely running out of basic, universal, no-nonsense forum software in favour of a move to…
babatong on HN
XenForo and phpBB
From 1 comment
Xenforo is just about best of breed in the domain of modern, traditional forum software. Even phpBB is still around. I don't blame people for trying to come up with new forum…
danneu on HN