# Forum software in Ruby, besides RForum?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 23, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173 "2006-08-23T20:04:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173/1 "2006-08-23T20:04:13Z")

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This might be a rails question, but then again maybe theres something  
which isn’t a rails app.

I’ve been asked to do a proposal on a web site which incorporates a  
user forum, and file uploads/downloads.

I looked around for a ruby alternative to phpBB and it’s spawn, and  
all I’ve seen so far is RForum. The biggest problem with RForum is  
that it doesn’t seem to support threaded presentation of  
converstations (based solely, I admit on looking at sites using it).

Are there other alternatives written in Ruby?

–  
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby  
[http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)

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**Author:** ![rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173/2 "2006-08-23T20:08:14Z")

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On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 03:03 +0900, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> Are there other alternatives written in Ruby?

I found Beast ([http://beast.caboo.se/](http://beast.caboo.se/)) last week, and it looks  
promising.

Andre

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**Author:** ![rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173/3 "2006-08-23T20:10:14Z")

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Beast by Rick Olsen is good.

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**Author:** ![rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forum-software-in-ruby-besides-rforum/66173/4 "2006-08-23T20:56:20Z")

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You could write your own using acts\_as\_threaded:

[http://www.railtie.net/articles/2006/02/05/rails-acts\_as\_threaded-plugin](http://www.railtie.net/articles/2006/02/05/rails-acts_as_threaded-plugin)

In fact, I think the demo does just that 😉

-Scott