nodeclub

Nodeclub is an open-source community forum platform built with Node.js and MongoDB. It is the software that runs CNode, the Chinese-language Node.js community website at cnodejs.org. The project is written primarily for a Chinese-speaking audience, and the README is in Chinese.

The platform provides the core features you would expect from a developer community site: topic posting, discussion threads, and user accounts. The README describes it as lightweight and fast, with a clean interface. You can use it to run your own community website by deploying your own copy.

Setting it up requires installing Node.js, MongoDB, and Redis, then starting both databases, installing the project's dependencies with a make command, copying a default config file and adjusting it for your environment, and starting the app. It runs on port 3000 by default. The project notes it is not guaranteed to work on Windows.

The README is brief and does not go into detail about the full feature set beyond the basics described above. The codebase has been in use for years as the foundation of an active Chinese developer community, which gives it a track record of real-world deployment.