• Entropy (10/10) Nov 24 I came across the D language and DFeed by chance. I am deeply
• Steven Schveighoffer (8/14) Nov 24 So I will let Vladimir (the author) respond to this, but my
• Vladimir Panteleev (15/23) Nov 25 Hi,
• Entropy (6/6) Nov 25 Thank you both for the replies. And also for those instructions,

Entropy <not valid.valid> writes:

I came across the D language and DFeed by chance.  I am deeply 
impressed with DFeed, especially the forum aspect of it which is 
most salient to me.

Is it viable for a non-D user like myself to be able to set up 
and utilize DFeed to run a forum on my VPS, or is that not really 
the intention behind releasing the code?  Are there any examples 
of anyone else using this very well-made forum elsewhere? Any 
tutorials on how to get it up and running?

Thanks!

Entropy

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 03:18:11 UTC, Entropy wrote:
 I came across the D language and DFeed by chance.  I am deeply 
 impressed with DFeed, especially the forum aspect of it which 
 is most salient to me.

 Is it viable for a non-D user like myself to be able to set up 
 and utilize DFeed to run a forum on my VPS, or is that not 
 really the intention behind releasing the code?

So I will let Vladimir (the author) respond to this, but my 
understanding is that DFeed is focused on a newsgroup (NNTP) 
backend, which you likely don't want. I don't know if there is an 
option to avoid that.

Great to hear that you like it though! I've been impressed with 
it as well for many years.

-Steve

Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 03:18:11 UTC, Entropy wrote:
 I came across the D language and DFeed by chance.  I am deeply 
 impressed with DFeed, especially the forum aspect of it which 
 is most salient to me.

 Is it viable for a non-D user like myself to be able to set up 
 and utilize DFeed to run a forum on my VPS, or is that not 
 really the intention behind releasing the code?  Are there any 
 examples of anyone else using this very well-made forum 
 elsewhere? Any tutorials on how to get it up and running?

Hi,

I pushed out two tweaks to https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed 
master:

1. Moved remaining dlang.org-specific behavior to a separate 
repository (its dlang.org fork)
2. Added ability to run without a backing NNTP or mailing list

So, you should now be able to simply `git clone` and `dub run` to 
get a working unbranded forum.

You can customize your instance by copying example files from 
`site-default/` to `site/`.

I've put up a demo instance of what it looks like with zero 
configuration here: https://dfeed-demo.cy.md/

Let me know how it goes - this is brand new functionality so 
feedback is welcome.

Entropy <not valid.valid> writes:

Thank you both for the replies.  And also for those instructions, 
tweaks, and demo.  I will attempt the installation/configuration 
and report back my results.

Your forum aesthetic is next level. I see why it's served this 
community so well.

Entropy