Introduction

Aside from compatibility with Laravel 11, Laravel Forum 6 comes with a number of improvements such as a more robust iteration of the UI presets feature introduced in 5.6.0. It also ships with a brand new Livewire integration and accompanying Tailwind-styled UI preset.

This version continues the philosophy of previous ones: it delivers a lean foundation for building forums on top of Laravel.

If you’re looking for a more feature-complete forum solution built on Illuminate (the collection of components that power Laravel), take a look at Flarum as an alternative.

Another alternative is Waterhole (although it’s not free, but it comes with many more features than Laravel Forum).

Source

The repository is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/Team-Tea-Time/laravel-forum.

Demo

You can view a simple demo of version 6 online at https://laravel-forum.teamteatime.net/. The demo source is available at https://github.com/Team-Tea-Time/laravel-forum-demo.

There are three users available, all of which can create threads and posts (replies), but have some differences in their permissions:

DemoUser

Cannot create or manage categories
Cannot view private categories
Cannot use any moderation features

DemoModerator

Cannot create or manage categories
Cannot view private categories
Can use moderation features

DemoAdmin

Can create and manage categories
Can view private categories
Can use moderation features