# discussion forum implementation

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/discussion-forum-implementation/33742>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [August 28, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/discussion-forum-implementation/33742 "2008-08-28T14:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Choi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Daniel\_Choi](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Daniel_Choi)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/discussion-forum-implementation/33742/1 "2008-08-28T14:11:56Z")

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I was wondering if anyone with experience could give some advice on choosing a discussion forum implementation. Has Beast or some other Ruby implementation worked out well for anyone? Or is it simply easier to set up one of the PHP-based discussion forums?

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/discussion-forum-implementation/33742/2 "2008-08-29T06:21:53Z")

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Daniel Choi wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone with experience could give some advice on choosing a discussion forum implementation. Has Beast or some other Ruby implementation worked out well for anyone? Or is it simply easier to set up one of the PHP-based discussion forums?

There's ruby-forum, though I've never used it. Not sure if it's even rails based. Prebaked might be a good option. -=R