Ninetailz 6 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) So late 2014 i have stopped using IPB, now i use discourse. Pros: - FREE & OPEN SOURCE | Thanks for reminding me Phun :P - So no need to null it - Looks beautiful than traditional forums - Functions magically (no need to reload browser all real time) - Better performance/faster than traditional forum - Really responsive from get to go Also more -> http://www.discourse.org/about/ Cons: - You cannot delete a post permanently - Discourse don't have full functionality of a forum software yet - You have to know about a little about how ruby in rails works + postgresql (almost like mysql but better) - Last of all, Hardware compatibility..... I could install IPB in any VPS/Dedicated servers (no openvz/kvm restriction/ no ram restriction) but Discourse needs at least (1 gb ram with swap- no matters to me) but KVM support with higher kernel version... The thing is almost all of the servers i own is openvz and KVM is rare almost but well nowadays with DO you can get one for cheap but this is where i got stuck and frustrated.. So i would like you guys to compare Discourse with IPB, Discourse official website - http://www.discourse.org/ Their sandbox - http://try.discourse.org/ Edited January 24, 2016 by ninetailz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phun 723 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I've been secretly keeping track of discourse. I feel like ruby could be an awesome language for forum software! Discourse however feels to me (like the name suggest) like a pure discussion focussed product and has less options for pure community building. The biggest and bestest pro of them all though is that it's free and open source, which is super awesome. I really do feel like discourse outclasses ips already at some fronts while it lacks at others. However, i also feel like open source development is gonna push discourse in a faster and better direction than IPS ever will be able to go, so the features discourse now lacks may be made up for in later releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Munich 251 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Still preferring IPB. Luca Munich has been banned. Requesting for uploads are useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninetailz 6 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 On 1/24/2016 at 7:06 AM, Phun said: I've been secretly keeping track of discourse. I feel like ruby could be an awesome language for forum software! Discourse however feels to me (like the name suggest) like a pure discussion focussed product and has less options for pure community building. The biggest and bestest pro of them all though is that it's free and open source, which is super awesome. I really do feel like discourse outclasses ips already at some fronts while it lacks at others. However, i also feel like open source development is gonna push discourse in a faster and better direction than IPS ever will be able to go, so the features discourse now lacks may be made up for in later releases. Well discourse is a pure discussion forum but you can build community in it, also yes its plus is open source and looks awesome & modern than other forum software that you have to pay for. Open source development is always fast, they release new updates like every 2-3 days! Here the admin cp of discourse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster 673 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I will still stick to IPS. Though i do find the theme and the looks of Discourse very nice and friendly. Looks like github comments :P Liked what i posted remember to feed me a cookie ->Or you can add a cookie to my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira 0 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 IPB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midion 0 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 My first post here and IPB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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