NodeBB Reviews

1. Gloryfrancis

   over 4 years ago
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   NodeBB is a next-generation discussion platform that utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. NodeBB forums have many modern features out of the box such as social network integration and streaming discussions. NodeBB is an open source project which can be forked on GitHub.

2. Scott Alan Miller

   · COO at NTG LLC · almost 5 years ago
   Best Forum Experience

   I was lucky enough to stumble on NodeBB in the early days right as we were transitioning a large user base from another forum and needed a platform that could handle the volume and speed of interactions that our users demanded. We took a big risk on NodeBB in 2014 when it was brand new and it has paid off in spades over the years. For seven years our users have consistently raved about ease of use and performance of the platform while on the back end we have been thrilled with the ease of management and low resource needs of hosting even for a site hitting hundreds of millions of hits per month. It is modern, regularly updated, has a great community and team behind it. We've always gotten lots of support and know that we made the right choice and continue to choose NodeBB as our forum of choice.

   🏁 Competitors: Discourse

   👍 Pros:    Ease of use|High performance|Great customer support|Open-source|Free|Scalable|Seo friendly

RentPost Reviews

1. Rick Conner

   · Property Manager at RealWood Esstates · 3 months ago
   The 1 & only system that made my messy process look way more put together than it is

   RentPost doesn’t magically make you organized, but it sets things up in a way that makes your workflow look and feel more professional. I’m doing the same work as before, just without the mess showing through.

   👍 Pros:    1. i’m not naturally organized, but using this property management software makes everything appear structured and in place without me forcing it. 2. rentpost keeps records clean and tied properly to tenants, units, and transactions, so i’m not scrambling when i need to pull something up. 3. when i have to show details or check something quickly, it’s already there instead of buried across different tools. 4. it creates a level of consistency in how things are stored and viewed, which makes day-to-day work smoother.

   👎 Cons:    1. i still need to enter things correctly, it won’t fix sloppy inputs on its own 2. the lack of color is a bit disorienting
2. Derek Bennett

   · Working at IronNova Enterprises · 3 months ago
   RentPost feels like a proper system instead of random tools stitched together

   What I appreciate most is that this property management solution didn’t add complexity to my workflow, it actually reduced it. I’m not juggling tools or second-guessing where something is saved anymore. After a couple of weeks of using it consistently, everything started feeling more natural and connected.

   👍 Pros:    1. payments, records, tenant info, and tasks all flow into each other instead of feeling separate. 2. i don’t have to remember where i saved something, it’s usually exactly where i expect it to be. 3. even small things like tracking updates or checking past activity feel smoother now.

   👎 Cons:    Some features aren’t immediately obvious until you spend time exploring
3. Colin Fletcher

   · marketing at NorthStar Global Ltd. · 3 months ago
   Vendor coordination finally stopped feeling like herding cats

   Property manager here, juggling multiple buildings. Before this, vendor follow-ups ate half my day. Now I check statuses instead of chasing people. Not perfect, but way more controlled than what I had going on before.

   👍 Pros:    Assigning maintenance to vendors inside the system changed everything for me. they get the request, updates stay in one thread, and i can see progress without calling anyone. invoices and notes sit right there with the job, so i’m not piecing things together later. it actually feels like a workflow now instead of chaos.

   👎 Cons:    If you have very specific or unusual job types, setting them up cleanly takes a bit of trial and error at first.

NodeBB mentions (4)

• Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally

  You could take a look at https://nodebb.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Don't Use Discord as a Forum

  > I'm a big fan of https://nodebb.org/ TIL to what shit Netgate moved pfSense forums to. I'm glad you are fine with it, but not only my FullHD monitor is not a smartphone, so I don't need 400% fonts on everything (and post dates on the faaaaar right clearly shows nobody ever even used the forum) and most importantly - search doesn't work. It's not like the previous forum had a good search, but at least it worked.... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Don't Use Discord as a Forum

  I wrote about this a while ago for Slack/forums: https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/3451 but the points still hold. HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29154216 Full featured OSS forum you can self-host or let them host for you (for $). Big fan of letting people use the search interface they want, which is almost always Google. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Hey Guys, I'm an Open Source enthusiast. StackFoss.com is an open source StackOverFlow alternative, and what makes StackFoss awesome is Focus on open source and Ad-free.

  You said it's based on. This means that there are modifications to the implementation of nodebb. So where is your modifications' source code then? stackfoss/stackfoss is just a single readme file. Source: over 3 years ago

RentPost mentions (1)

• Best Software for a Property Managment Company to Use?

  I would recommend trying rentpost.com. Their retention is nice. I like the fact that it doesn't charge a transaction fee to the Landlord. Just a flat fee. Workers can submit work orders real easy and easy tenant access as well. Source: over 3 years ago