# Great rails forum software

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/great-rails-forum-software/195896>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 2, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/great-rails-forum-software/195896 "2010-10-02T05:48:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksader)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/great-rails-forum-software/195896/1 "2010-10-02T05:48:55Z")

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Hi all,

Anyone interested in collaborating with me to develop great rails  
forum software? This will be a rails 3 engine that makes it very easy  
to plug into an existing app, integrating with your existing user  
model and authentication system.

I started on this a few months ago. I’ve laid the basic foundation and  
solved a lot of the engine issues and made installation really easy,  
and I’ve implemented the basic forum features. I’m still a little ways  
from a useful beta still, but I’m far enough that I’d love to enlist  
some help and draw upon the wisdom of others.

There are three ways I could use help:

1. Even if you have no time to contribute to the core codebase, if you  
would like to have a great rails forum plugin for your rails 3 app,  
I’d love to ask you a few questions about your needs; I want to make  
sure this addresses real-world use cases beyond just my own.

2. If you’d like to help a bit more, it would also be immensely  
valuable if you have an existing rails 3 app to try installing my  
alpha and make sure it addresses your core integration needs. I’ve  
tried to make it very easy while still allowing for important  
flexibility (i.e. you can specify a base path to mount the forum,  
e.g. /help/ )

3. Lastly, I’d love to find some people interested in being active  
developers to help me expand the project.

If you’d be willing to help in any of these ways, please contact me  
privately.

Thanks!  
Keith

* * *

[KeithSchacht.com](http://KeithSchacht.com)

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**Author:** ![ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksader)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/great-rails-forum-software/195896/2 "2010-10-02T10:09:19Z")

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On Oct 1, 9:48 pm, Keith S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> from a useful beta still, but I’m far enough that I’d love to enlist  
> valuable if you have an existing rails 3 app to try installing my
> 
> Thanks!  
> Keith
> 
> * * *
> 
> [KeithSchacht.com](http://KeithSchacht.com)

Threaded or flat messages? or both?

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**Author:** ![ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksader)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/great-rails-forum-software/195896/3 "2010-10-02T18:58:25Z")

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I’ve started with flat, but could easily add the option for fully-  
threaded within a topic.

On Oct 2, 1:08 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)