Ask HN: Facebook Groups alternative – which forum software to use?

3 points by agigao 5y ago ↗ HN

Hi there, lately I've joined a few communities which tend to use Facebook groups platform for internal communication.

I'm coming from good old ways when IBP was a thing and experience is absolutely different, cluttered and chaotic.

I'd like to setup platforms for these communities, but deciding which software to use is not that easy to decide, thus I'm asking to HN community for assistance.

P.S. I'd also need to localize the platform into Georgian language.

Thanks, Giga

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troydavis 5y ago ↗

For those operating a pure standalone forum (and not using a social platform like Facebook or Reddit), Discourse has won: https://discourse.org/ , https://github.com/discourse/discourse

It’s available hosted or you can install it and/or pay someone to (https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-some-reputable-managed... and many others). The default user-facing experience is excellent.

agigao 5y ago ↗

Thanks!