23 Apr
2021
23 Apr
'21
12:03 p.m.
On 4/23/2021 2:12 AM, Toussaint OTTAVI via 44Net wrote:
- Is Discord an open-source software ?
- Can we install and host it on our own servers (on AMPRNet addresses,
of course) ?
- If not, is there any similar open-source software meeting those
requirements ? That would be IMHO an idea of "services" we could provide
on "New Generation Network" :-)
Not Discord, but Discourse.
Wikipedia: "Discourse is an open source Internet forum and mailing list
management software application ..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_(software)
Digital Ocean has a one-click Discourse installer. I'll spin up a copy
on one of my domain names, if you'd like to experiment with it.
I haven't used Discourse before now. I first made a note of it in 2013:
https://pinboard.in/search/u:sbw?query=discourse
Those notes remind me that the Sovrin Foundation was using Discourse for
their community forum in 2018, but that forum is no longer active. I
could reach out to my Sovrin contacts for their advice on Discourse, if
that would be helpful.