software for forums

rubyonrails-talk
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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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So far as I know, most good forum software allows control over the appearance.

I've never really looked at what's out there in terms of Ruby forum apps, but a lot of people use Beast. Disqus might also be worth a look.

Best,