BuddyPress alternatives and similar software solutions
Based on the "Social Networks and Forums" category.
Alternatively, view BuddyPress alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.
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Discourse
Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS. -
Reddit
Social networking and news website where registered community members can submit content. -
Flarum
Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again. -
Lemmy
A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse. Reddit alternative built in Rust. -
Isso
A lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus. -
Patchwork
Decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt -
PixelFed
Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform alternate to Instagram. -
Loomio
Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them. -
phpBB
Flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website. -
Misago
Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive. -
remark42
A lightweight and simple comment engine, which doesn't spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments. -
flaskbb
FlaskBB is forum software written in Python using the microframework Flask. You can easily create new topics, posts and send other users private messages. It also includes basic administration and moderation tools. -
Pump.io
Stream server that does most of what people really want from a social network. -
Misskey
Decentralized app-like microblogging server/SNS for the Fediverse, using the ActivityPub protocol like GNU social and Mastodon. -
twister
Fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols. -
Movim
A brand new social network, full of awesome features in a modern and smart interface. -
Talkyard
Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat -
Simple Machines Forum
Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. -
Hubzilla
Independent general-purpose websites that not only connect with their associated members and viewers, but also connect together. -
Jappix
Jappix is an open social platform, that let's you easily get or keep in touch with everyone. -
Scoold
Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support. -
Satellity
Yet another open source forum written in Golang, React and PostgreSQL. -
twtxt.net
a Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data! -
Socialhome
Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine. -
Human-Connection
Free and open-source social network for active citizenship. -
Orange Forum
Orange Forum is an easy to deploy forum that has minimal dependencies and uses very little javascript. -
cartulary
RSS reader, readability tool, article archiver, microblogger, social graph manager and reading list manager. -
GNU social
Social communication software for both public and private communications. -
Gosora
Gosora is an ultra-fast and secure forum software written in Go that balances usability with functionality. -
Buddycloud
Tools, libraries, services and a community to build user-to-user, group and social messaging into your app. Saves time. Scales up. Supports you.
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README
BuddyPress
Welcome to the BuddyPress development repository! This repository is a mirror of our development SVN repository. Please do not send pull requests here, instead submit patches to our SVN repository. Check out the Participate & contribute page of our Codex for information about how to open bug reports, contribute patches, test changes, write documentation, or get involved in any way you can.
Getting Started
BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin to power you community site. It is a PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript based project, and uses Node for its JavaScript dependencies. A local development environment is available to quickly get up and running.
You will need a basic understanding of how to use the command line on your computer. This will allow you to set up the local development environment, to start it and stop it when necessary, and to run the tests.
You will need Node and npm installed on your computer. Node is a JavaScript runtime used for developer tooling, and npm is the package manager included with Node. If you have a package manager installed for your operating system, setup can be as straightforward as:
- macOS:
brew install node
- Windows:
choco install node
- Ubuntu:
apt install nodejs npm
If you are not using a package manager, see the Node.js download page for installers and binaries.
You will also need Docker installed and running on your computer. Docker is the virtualization software that powers the local development environment. Docker can be installed just like any other regular application.
Development Environment Commands
Ensure Docker is running before using these commands.
To start the development environment for the first time
npm install
npm run wp-env start
Your WordPress community site will be accessible at http://localhost:8888. You can see configurations in the .wp-env.json
file located at the root of the project directory. You can override these configurations using a .wp-env.override.json
file located at the root of the project repository.
To stop the development environment
You can stop the environment when you're not using it to preserve your computer's power and resources:
npm run wp-env stop
To start the development environment again
Starting the environment again is a single command:
npm run wp-env start
Credentials
To login to the site, navigate to http://localhost:8888/wp-admin.
- Username:
admin
- Password:
password
To generate a new password (recommended):
- Go to the Dashboard
- Click the Users menu on the left
- Click the Edit link below the admin user
- Scroll down and click 'Generate password'. Either use this password (recommended) or change it, then click 'Update User'. If you use the generated password be sure to save it somewhere (password manager, etc).