Re: Nabble is now open-source

Posted by GregChapman on Dec 24, 2022; 4:08pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Nabble-is-now-open-source-tp7603082p7613129.html

Hi Paul,

The trouble with Nabble is that it's written in NAML a language of Franklin's devising and one which he has said that he's abandoned himself. With a background like that outsiders are not going to invest their time in learning NAML, even through a popular repository like Github or Sourceforge.

Gary Lewis, with the help of one of Nabble's ex-staffers, did finally get a copy of Nabble running on his server. Not simple! Nabble is designed to run a full commercial enterprise and requires a rather expensive server package that can't really be justified for a single forum. Because of the lack of documentation he still hasn't got some of the features operating as he requires, even with the support of the ex-staffer.

Blasma, which used to be Franklin's planned replacement, was also based on a new language of his own devising. The Nabble forum that covered its development was deleted a while ago after a long period, of inactivity so I assumed development of the Nabble replacement had been abandoned.

It's good to hear from Israel that there is a replcement being developed, but I would hope that it will be developed using a well known popular language or I fear it will it will never garner support from anyone other than those with an interest in ongoing support for Nabble.

I've been participating here for 12 years and nnako is the only person I have been aware of who ever indicated to me that he might have the skills needed to get Nabble running on his own server. To hear he has similar problems to Gary does not surprise me. However, if Gary and nnako can get together it could be a way forward for old style Nabble.

In the meantime, I look forward to hearing more from Israel about what stage the official Nabble replacement is.