6 points | by shafkathullah 10 hours ago
7 comments
https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
Old skool: https://www.phpbb.com/
More modern: https://www.discourse.org/
If you want to be open open: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Adding to this phpBB is about to have a new major release [1] using Symfony, adding webpush notifications, @mentions, new modular storage system among other things. The overall goal is to modernize the forum platform.
[1] - https://blog.phpbb.com/2025/09/27/phpbb-4-0-0-a1-the-first-a...
I have a HN clone if you're interested
mastodon? That's probably the closest open source decentralized social media option to Twitter.
HN is a different beast.
Also, why is open source important for you?
The community is the real moat for HN, not the code.
http://arclanguage.org/
There's literally thousands of HN clones on github
https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
Old skool: https://www.phpbb.com/
More modern: https://www.discourse.org/
If you want to be open open: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Adding to this phpBB is about to have a new major release [1] using Symfony, adding webpush notifications, @mentions, new modular storage system among other things. The overall goal is to modernize the forum platform.
[1] - https://blog.phpbb.com/2025/09/27/phpbb-4-0-0-a1-the-first-a...
I have a HN clone if you're interested
mastodon? That's probably the closest open source decentralized social media option to Twitter.
HN is a different beast.
Also, why is open source important for you?
The community is the real moat for HN, not the code.
http://arclanguage.org/
There's literally thousands of HN clones on github