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Guo Xiang Tan d1b06624ff Revert "Skip validations when Discobot creates new posts."
This reverts commit ca7e906774.

Post validations are already skipped for admin users. Skipping
validations cause polls to not work.
2017-06-03 07:20:32 +09:00
.tx add discourse-narrative-bot strings to Transifex for translation 2017-05-25 09:39:36 -04:00
app FIX: Don't run in testing mode 2017-06-02 13:08:50 -04:00
bin Merge pull request #4874 from davidtaylorhq/docker_dev_rake 2017-05-24 11:51:13 -04:00
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db Revert unread optimisation, has too many edge cases 2017-05-26 09:04:13 -04:00
docs Helper to find the final destination for a URL 2017-05-22 15:52:41 -04:00
images fix image location 2014-09-11 17:56:29 +10:00
lib Revert "Load posts in batches while indexing problem posts." 2017-06-01 11:31:23 +09:00
log Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
packaging/debian Fix .pkgr.yml so that discourse can be packaged with https://pkgr.io. 2014-03-26 15:08:53 +00:00
plugins Revert "Skip validations when Discobot creates new posts." 2017-06-03 07:20:32 +09:00
public Update translations 2017-05-15 11:11:18 -04:00
script FIX: add discourse-narrative-bot locales path 2017-05-30 14:23:05 +05:30
spec FIX: Inherit topic auto close when changing topic's category. 2017-05-31 17:40:21 +09:00
test FIX: Don't load JS via SCRIPT tag in QUnit mode 2017-05-31 15:31:24 -04:00
vendor Update Translations 2017-05-29 12:23:49 +05:30
.codeclimate.yml FEATURE: Replace composer editor with ember version 2015-11-06 09:49:16 -05:00
.editorconfig Set trim_trailing_whitespace false for markdown 2016-06-25 22:29:01 +04:30
.env.sample Basic Heroku integration 2013-03-13 19:07:49 +00:00
.eslintignore REFACTOR: PreloadStore to ES6 2016-07-11 12:57:05 -04:00
.eslintrc Lint inner function declarations to prevent Safari breakage 2016-07-14 10:22:39 -04:00
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.gitignore Ignore bootsnap files 2017-05-29 20:59:11 +02:00
.image_optim.yml Add time out when optimizing images. 2017-04-20 15:21:43 +08:00
.pkgr.yml Fix .pkgr.yml so that discourse can be packaged with https://pkgr.io. 2014-03-26 15:08:53 +00:00
.rspec Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
.rubocop.yml Make RuboCop and RubyMine less annoying 2017-05-29 20:59:14 +02:00
.ruby-gemset.sample rvm has offically depreicated .rvmrc and recommends using .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset instead. 2013-05-23 09:16:11 -07:00
.ruby-version.sample Bump ruby version 2017-05-16 15:02:24 +10:00
.travis.yml Remove bundle-audit, it is not updated frequently enough 2017-05-18 12:31:19 -04:00
adminjs Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Brewfile Adjust Brewfile to follow homebrew-bundle syntax 2015-08-11 14:13:07 -03:00
config.ru Allow running discourse with prefix with passenger without requiring a symlink 2013-04-10 14:23:49 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Proper long form for CLA 2015-09-10 20:49:03 +02:00
COPYRIGHT.txt fix trademark 2013-06-27 09:38:15 +10:00
d add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 2016-12-13 09:05:45 +11:00
discourse.iml Version bump to v1.6.7 2016-11-14 19:27:06 -02:00
discourse.sublime-project FEATURE: better email in support 2016-01-19 00:57:55 +01:00
Gemfile Add new, experimental version of mbox importer 2017-05-29 20:59:18 +02:00
Gemfile.lock SECURITY: Vunerability in mail gem 2017-06-01 14:52:38 -04:00
jsapp Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
LICENSE.txt Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Procfile Standardize on 'worker' for sidekiq Procfile entry (expected by buildpack). 2013-10-08 14:45:32 +01:00
Rakefile Mark all files with a shebang line as executable 2015-05-12 13:21:32 +02:00
README.md Update screenshots on Readme 2017-04-25 14:19:43 -03:00
Vagrantfile fix link to result in instant download 2016-06-02 13:13:18 -04:00

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Discourse is the 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. Use it as a:

  • mailing list
  • discussion forum
  • long-form chat room

To learn more about the philosophy and goals of the project, visit discourse.org.

Screenshots

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Browse lots more notable Discourse instances.

Development

  1. If you're brand new to Ruby and Rails, please see Discourse as Your First Rails App or our Discourse Vagrant Developer Guide, which includes a development environment in a virtual machine.

  2. If you're familiar with how Rails works and are comfortable setting up your own environment, use our Discourse Advanced Developer Guide.

Before you get started, ensure you have the following minimum versions: Ruby 2.3+, PostgreSQL 9.3+, Redis 2.6+. If you're having trouble, please see our TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE first!

Setting up Discourse

If you want to set up a Discourse forum for production use, see our Discourse Install Guide.

If you're looking for business class hosting, see discourse.org/buy.

Requirements

Discourse is built for the next 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high:

Browsers Tablets Phones
Safari 6.1+ iPad 3+ iOS 8+
Google Chrome 32+ Android 4.3+ Android 4.3+
Internet Explorer 11+
Firefox 27+

Built With

  • Ruby on Rails — Our back end API is a Rails app. It responds to requests RESTfully in JSON.
  • Ember.js — Our front end is an Ember.js app that communicates with the Rails API.
  • PostgreSQL — Our main data store is in Postgres.
  • Redis — We use Redis as a cache and for transient data.

Plus lots of Ruby Gems, a complete list of which is at /master/Gemfile.

Contributing

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Discourse is 100% free and open source. We encourage and support an active, healthy community that
accepts contributions from the public including you!

Before contributing to Discourse:

  1. Please read the complete mission statements on discourse.org. Yes we actually believe this stuff; you should too.
  2. Read and sign the Electronic Discourse Forums Contribution License Agreement.
  3. Dig into CONTRIBUTING.MD, which covers submitting bugs, requesting new features, preparing your code for a pull request, etc.
  4. Always strive to collaborate with mutual respect.
  5. Not sure what to work on? We've got some ideas.

We look forward to seeing your pull requests!

Security

We take security very seriously at Discourse; all our code is 100% open source and peer reviewed. Please read our security guide for an overview of security measures in Discourse, or if you wish to report a security issue.

The Discourse Team

The original Discourse code contributors can be found in AUTHORS.MD. For a complete list of the many individuals that contributed to the design and implementation of Discourse, please refer to the official Discourse blog and GitHub's list of contributors.

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Discourse is built with love, Internet style.