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Self Hosted Private Forums? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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Discourse, Flarum, MyBB, phpBB, Simple Machines Fourm, and NodeBB are what I can find. Any yays or nays? More suggestions? Purpose of self hosting for friends, privately.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://cblgh.org/cerca/

Is a super lightweight one.

But Flarum is generally lightweight too.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. It's a pretty interface too.

[–] greyfox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably a terrible idea but have you considered a private Lemmy instance? At the end of the day Lemmy/PieFed/Reddit are just forums with conversation threads and upvotes.

Lemmy is probably way more of a resource hog than the other various php options but from a usability standpoint if you have a favorite Lemmy mobile app it would work for your private instance as well.

There appears to be a private instance mode that disables federation.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea why I didn't think of that.... and I am serious. Fml.