Is the forum running on Vaadin now? Any chance of open sourcing it?

Quick question about the forum software after the 2024 relaunch: is this running on Vaadin now? It feels pretty smooth and responsive, and I enjoy using it…which got me wondering.

If it is built with Vaadin, has the team ever considered releasing the forum code as open source? I know there are some basic demos and examples in the docs, but seeing a real-world application like this forum would be really valuable for developers trying to understand how to structure larger Vaadin projects.

Would love to see how you handle things like user management, post threading, search functionality, and all the other moving parts that make a forum work. Could be a great showcase of what Vaadin can do beyond the typical demo apps.

Thanks!

It’s an open source software called Discourse GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

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Got it. Appreciate the info… Should have scrolled down to the bottom of the page to see “powered by Discourse”. The I couldn’t find when I was googling or looking around originally.

Long long time ago the forum was actually built on Vaadin. Not needed any more now that there are good free options like Discourse available.