Some forum software written in Rust

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/rust

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  • lemmyBB

    A federated bulletin board

  • LemmyBB - A forum software that supports ActivityPub federation. The web framework used is Actix, the frontend is in JavaScript. It actually looks like those old school PHP forums.

  • orbit

    Discontinued Orbit is a free, open source social network server where users can post on public, federated forums, and discover a feed of content tailored to their interests. (by lyptt)

  • Orbit - Another forum software that supports ActivityPub. Frontend is in Typescript, backend has Redis + PostgreSQL.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • discuz

    A rust forum server project showcasing clean architecture, technologies integration, and best practices

  • Discuz - A forum software built using MySQL and Actix.

  • morum

    Matrix forum

  • Morum - A forum software that leverages the Matrix Protocol. Despite being a new repo I decided to share it because it seems like an interesting concept.

  • hikari

    The Frontend of Everything (by celestia-island)

  • Hikari - A simple Apache 2.0 licensed forum software in Rust. The repo also looks new, that'd explain the lack of details.

  • freedit

    The safest and lightest forum, powered by rust.

  • As you can see that almost all of these are very new projects, it could have been a bit bigger but I didn't include Reddit alternatives, that is why you don't see the main Lemmy repo and Freedit not being linked here.

  • Discourse

    A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

  • Obviously forums aren't as popular as they used to be, so this topic might not be of interest to many. For folks that want to run a forum, they'd most certainly go with Discourse (Ruby), Flarum (PHP), Xenforo (PHP), NodeBB (Javascript), Nimforum (Nim) and maybe Casnode (Go)

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • Flarum Core

    Simple forum software for building great communities. (by flarum)

  • Obviously forums aren't as popular as they used to be, so this topic might not be of interest to many. For folks that want to run a forum, they'd most certainly go with Discourse (Ruby), Flarum (PHP), Xenforo (PHP), NodeBB (Javascript), Nimforum (Nim) and maybe Casnode (Go)

  • nodeBB

    Node.js based forum software built for the modern web

  • Obviously forums aren't as popular as they used to be, so this topic might not be of interest to many. For folks that want to run a forum, they'd most certainly go with Discourse (Ruby), Flarum (PHP), Xenforo (PHP), NodeBB (Javascript), Nimforum (Nim) and maybe Casnode (Go)

  • nimforum

    Lightweight alternative to Discourse written in Nim

  • Obviously forums aren't as popular as they used to be, so this topic might not be of interest to many. For folks that want to run a forum, they'd most certainly go with Discourse (Ruby), Flarum (PHP), Xenforo (PHP), NodeBB (Javascript), Nimforum (Nim) and maybe Casnode (Go)

  • casibase

    ⚡️Open-source AI LangChain-like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) knowledge database with web UI and Enterprise SSO⚡️, supports OpenAI, Azure, LLaMA, Google Gemini, HuggingFace, Claude, Grok, etc., chat bot demo: https://demo.casibase.com, admin UI demo: https://demo-admin.casibase.com

  • Obviously forums aren't as popular as they used to be, so this topic might not be of interest to many. For folks that want to run a forum, they'd most certainly go with Discourse (Ruby), Flarum (PHP), Xenforo (PHP), NodeBB (Javascript), Nimforum (Nim) and maybe Casnode (Go)

  • Lemmy

    🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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