After getting forum.retrolemmy.com running with lemmyBB, I wondered if Retrofed could get something similar. Instead of getting lemmyBB (an ancient software for lemmy) to work through a proxy, we created a new frontend made natively for PieFed: PieBB. PieBB is more feature complete than lemmyBB and lighter on the server.

Note: This project was created with the help of an LLM.

It's live at forum.retrofed.com, and makes PieFed look and work like an old phpBB2 forum. You log in with your normal Retrofed account. Posting, voting, polls, PMs, notifications and moderation all work, and you can even import (some) old phpBB2 themes.

If you notice any bugs, you can message me, or reply here.

If you want to use it yourself, it's at Github. Tested on PieFed 1.8.x.

Known limitations:

Register sends you to Retrofed's own sign-up page.
The index (Last Post, counts) can be a few minutes behind, to keep API calls down.
Votes made on Retrofed itself can take up to 10 minutes to show in PieBB, due to a cache in PieFed.

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[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Looks very cool

Edit: giving it a second look, I think the distinction between comments isn't clear. The line between to comments seems "weaker" than the one between the commenter and the content. Bit confusing

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Looks really nice. The link in your post isn't clickable so here you go: https://forum.retrofed.com/

[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 4 points 1 hour ago

Thanks! Fixed.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Looks great!