Satellity
Yet another open source forum written in Golang, React and PostgreSQL. (by satellity)
Vanilla Forums
Vanilla is a powerfully simple discussion forum you can easily customize to make as unique as your community. (by vanilla)
| Satellity | Vanilla Forums | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | |
| 624 | 2,977 | |
| 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 0.0 | 4.4 | |
| over 3 years ago | 3 months ago | |
| Go | PHP | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Satellity
Posts with mentions or reviews of Satellity.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-04.
Vanilla Forums
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vanilla Forums.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-23.
- Ask HN: What forum software do you recommend?
- Are Vanilla Forums OSS having problems?
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Best way to create a community website
For something simple, I'd look into bbpress. For something more complex (but that can still integrate with WordPress, check out Xenforo (my favorite) or Vanilla.
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Use forums rather than Slack/Discord to support developer community
(Not sure if the latest version supports digest emails though)
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla
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16/30 Google results contain SQL injection vulnerabilities
I’m a tech lead for Vanilla Forums (recently acquired by Higher Logic).
We have a few PHP positions open (remote or onsite). The core product is open source https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla
If your looking to stick with PHP you can check the open positions. https://www.higherlogic.com/about/company/jobs/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Satellity and Vanilla Forums you can also consider the following projects:
Patchwork - A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).
Flarum - Simple forum software for building great communities.
Movim - Movim - Decentralized social platform
flaskbb - A classic Forum Software in Python using Flask.
Discourse - A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.