Cruciforum - Crucially Simple
Stuart Langridge has updated his really simple forum software, Cruciforum.
Cruciforum is really, really simple. There's no database required to run it — you don't need MySQL or anything — it doesn't have user accounts, it doesn't need an administrator. It's really low-impact on your server because all the pages are plain HTML — if someone's browsing the forum then they don't even use PHP! Just fire it up and go; all you need on the server is PHP support, which most things have.
Cruciforum is built with Joel Spolsky's thoughts on forum design in mind, and a few other tweaks that might be interesting. It's designed to be crucially simple.
I really like simple web software [the simpler the better if you ask me] and Cruciforum is about as simple as it gets. I really like the fact that there is no need to create an account before you can post a message.
Cruciforum also features built in support for Akismet spam protection [which I guess is a must when there's no account system.] Textile is used for converting user input and Gravatar support is also a nice touch.
The only thing missing at the moment is support for RSS — this has been recognised and there's a bug report here.
I can see many uses for Cruciforum, it has a lot of potential. Check it out here: http://www.kryogenix.org/code/cruciforum/
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