# Software for forums

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/software-for-forums/54140>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [26 June 2009 19:14 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/software-for-forums/54140 "2009-06-26T19:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christoph\_Jasinski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Christoph\_Jasinski](https://rubytalk.org/u/Christoph_Jasinski)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2009 19:14 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/software-for-forums/54140/1 "2009-06-26T19:14:50Z")

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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:** ![James\_Britt3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@James\_Britt3](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Britt3)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2009 19:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/software-for-forums/54140/2 "2009-06-26T19:29:47Z")

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Christoph Jasinski 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.

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