thredded/thredded

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1599 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Thredded is a Rails engine that adds forum/messageboard functionality to any Ruby on Rails application. It provides topics, posts, private messaging, notifications, moderation, and full-text search with minimal infrastructure dependencies.

Use cases

• add a forum to an existing Rails app
• embed a message board in my web application
• self-hosted community discussion boards
• private group messaging for my users
• forum with email notifications and @mentions
• moderated discussion boards with permissions

When to choose

• you have a Rails application and want integrated forums without running a separate app
• you need customizable forum styling via Sass and flexible permissions
• you want forums backed by your existing SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL database

When to avoid

• you want a standalone, turnkey forum application like Discourse
• your stack is not Ruby on Rails
• you need massively scaled forum hosting out of the box

Facets

plugin · maturity active

web-framework search-engine email auth authorization web-development backend developer-tools ruby self-hosted rails-engine forums message-board community markdown bbcode web-server

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