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+[#]: subject: "Flarum: An Open-Source Community Platform Like Discourse"
+[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/flarum/"
+[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/"
+[#]: collector: "lujun9972/lctt-scripts-1693450080"
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+Flarum: An Open-Source Community Platform Like Discourse
+======
+Flarum can be a better, simpler, or an innovative alternative to
+Discourse. Learn more about it here.
+Another day, another first look 😎
+
+This time, we have an **alternative to the open-source forum software Discourse** called “ **Flarum**.” It aims to offer a **simple (yet customizable) discussion platform for websites** that is free, fast, and easy to use.
+
+Flarum is also **highly extensible** , allowing for significant customization.
+
+Of course, the more open-source options we have, the better, right?
+
+Let's take a look at it and see what it offers.
+
+### Flarum: Overview ⭐
+
+![][1]
+
+Flarum is a **combined successor of the now-defunct** [**esoTalk**][2] **and** [**FluxBB**][3] **forum software** suites. It offers a good feature-set while keeping optimization and fast performance in mind.
+
+Written primarily in the PHP programming language. It is **maintained/governed by volunteers** and **relies on contributions from the community** to fuel its development.
+
+Some of its key highlights include:
+
+  * **Highly optimized**
+  * **Responsive User Interface**
+  * **Mobile-First approach**
+  * **Very flexible**
+
+
+
+💡
+
+Flarum and Discourse both have different tech stacks, and both have subtle but useful feature differences.
+
+For instance, Discourse timeline control functionality was inspired by Flarum.
+
+### Initial Impressions 👨‍💻
+
+I started testing by visiting Flarum's [official forum][4] by using my GitHub account to log in.
+
+Post login, I was brought to the **homepage** which featured all the discussions with their relevant tags, and the number of replies on them.
+
+The **header menu** had the usual **search bar** , with options to **check drafts** , **notifications** , **a menu with the username/avatar** , and a **few important settings**.
+
+![][5]
+
+The homepage also featured a **sidebar menu** with options to start a new discussion, access tags, and view private discussions.
+
+I must say I did find some similarities to Discourse. But, that's not a bad thing at all!
+
+There was a familiar timeline scroller that allowed me to jump to different replies in the post.
+
+![Such a cute little marsupial!][6]
+
+Then there's the “ **Follow** ” button that allows for **three distinct settings**. One was the default, with no notifications, the other was for getting post notifications, and the last one was to ignore a post.
+
+![][7]
+
+Thereafter, I looked at how one could **interact with a post reply**. It had three options, one was to 'Reply' to the post, one was to 'Like' it, and the last one was to 'Flag' it for the moderators to take a look at.
+
+![][8]
+
+The **post-replying experience** was also quite neat, with a live preview being shown above the editor. It also showed options to save the reply as a draft, minimize the editor, go into full-screen editing, and close the editor.
+
+![][9]
+
+Finally, I took a look at the **user settings** , and it includes all the usual settings with fine control over notifications. It also showed what third-party accounts were linked to my Flarum account.
+
+![][10]
+
+Overall, it mimics the comfort that you get with the already-popular Discourse with **useful feature differences and a tech stack that is easy to install and manage.**
+
+Flarum receives updates regularly, and its development has come a long way since it all began. It is also one of the best [open-source forum software][11] for Linux servers, and that shows.
+
+**Suggested Read** 📖
+
+![][12]
+
+### 📥 Get Flarum
+
+You can either **self-host Flarum** by following the instructions mentioned in the [official documentation][13], or you could opt for '[Free Flarum][14]', a **free community service** that is not affiliated with the Flarum team.
+
+At the moment, they do not offer any premium hosting plans.
+
+[Flarum][15]
+
+You could also take a look at the source code by visiting its [GitHub repo][16].
+
+Seeing that we are on the topic of forums, why don't you consider joining ours?
+
+![][17]
+
+The folks over here are helpful, and there's a vast number of topics that you can go through.
+
+_💬 What are your thoughts on Flarum? Will you be giving it a try?_
+
+* * *
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+via: https://news.itsfoss.com/flarum/
+
+作者：[Sourav Rudra][a]
+选题：[lujun9972][b]
+译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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+
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+
+[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/
+[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
+[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_1.png
+[2]: https://github.com/esotalk/esoTalk
+[3]: https://github.com/fluxbb/fluxbb
+[4]: https://discuss.flarum.org/
+[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_2.png
+[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_3.png
+[7]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_4.png
+[8]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_5.png
+[9]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_6-1.png
+[10]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Flarum_7.png
+[11]: https://itsfoss.com/open-source-forum-software/
+[12]: https://itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/android-chrome-192x192.png
+[13]: https://docs.flarum.org/install
+[14]: https://freeflarum.com/
+[15]: https://flarum.org/
+[16]: https://github.com/flarum/flarum
+[17]: https://itsfoss.community/uploads/default/optimized/1X/f274f9749e3fd8b4d6fbae1cf90c5c186d2f699c_2_180x180.png