# Recomendations for a forum plug-in?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recomendations-for-a-forum-plug-in/132060>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recomendations-for-a-forum-plug-in/132060 "2008-03-16T07:20:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recomendations-for-a-forum-plug-in/132060/1 "2008-03-16T07:20:54Z")

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I’m working on a project that needs to plug-in a forum for users…

In researching what to use, I have come across: Beat, R Form, F Form,  
acts\_as\_threaded.

Generally speaking, the requirements are for a package that be  
configured to work at this level of sophistication  
[http://www.woot.com/Forums/](http://www.woot.com/Forums/)

(what I am calling) threads → topics → comments. Highly configurable  
(to turn off features we dont need). Highly skinable. Secure (against  
trolls, spam bots). Support private messaging between users. free and  
open source.

Thanks.