# Software for forums

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-for-forums/171134>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-for-forums/171134 "2009-06-26T21:15:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoph_j)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-for-forums/171134/1 "2009-06-26T21:15:47Z")

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Hi,

I want to setup a forum. Ruby(RoR, Sinatra,…) would be my choice. Does  
anyone knows a _nice_ (not a 4 color ugly !grrr!) forum web app? I  
really  
don’t have the time to write my own and unhappily would choose PHP or  
.ASP  
or whatever. If you could give me a hint, that would be great. As an  
alternative I can imagine an app which allows collaborative writing and  
commenting, ACL would be nice too. ( lots of options or easy  
extensible).

So a big thanks to anyone for hints. (and yes I search Google).

Cheers,

Chris

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**Author:** ![christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoph_j)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-for-forums/171134/2 "2009-06-26T21:30:24Z")

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Christoph J. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to setup a forum. Ruby(RoR, Sinatra,…) would be my choice. Does  
> anyone knows a _nice_ (not a 4 color ugly !grrr!) forum web app? I really  
> don’t have the time to write my own and unhappily would choose PHP or .ASP  
> or whatever.

Do you plan on hacking on this? If not, why care what language it is  
in? Drupal, for example, offers a boat-load of features and plugins.

Pick the tool that solves your problem.

–  
James B.

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[www.neurogami.com](http://www.neurogami.com) - Smart application development

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**Author:** ![christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@christoph\_j](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/christoph_j)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/software-for-forums/171134/3 "2009-06-26T22:14:55Z")

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On Jun 26, 3:14 pm, Christoph J.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to setup a forum. Ruby(RoR, Sinatra,…) would be my choice. Does  
> anyone knows a _nice_ (not a 4 color ugly !grrr!) forum web app?

So far as I know, most good forum software allows control over the  
appearance.

I’ve never really looked at what’s out there in terms of Ruby forum  
apps, but a lot of people use Beast. Disqus might also be worth a  
look.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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