Is NodeBB free?

[Jared14406]

Hey guys I'm interested in getting an actual NodeBB forum! But It costs money So idk But is NodeBB free? Or I have to pay just wondering Have a Nice day

[Jared14406]

@julian please tell me

[yariplus]

https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7464/is-nodebb-still-free/2

[Jared14406]

@yariplus said:

https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7464/is-nodebb-still-free/2

Okay can u upvote 3 of my posts Please also That Does NOT answer my question And I don't want to configure and do that annoying stuff but is NodeBB itself free to use? Cause all I see is pricing Though....

[yariplus]

It is "free" under the terms of the GPLv3, which is linked to in the post.

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB

License

NodeBB is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 (GPL-3) (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

[Danny McWilliams]

Is it free? Yes. The software is free.
Is there also a hosted version where the hosting and technical side is done for you? Yes.

If you "don't want to configure and do that annoying stuff" then you can either pay to have it hosted, or pay a third party to do it for you.

If you don't want anyone to configure and host a server for you, or that "annoying stuff" like installing it and paying for a server of some description, you are never going to get it "for free".

There's lots of guides on how to do it relatively cheaply, if you're willing to learn a little (it's not a lot) and maintain it (which isn't difficult).

[Jared14406]

Danny McWilliams

Community (community.nodebb.org)

said:

Is it free? Yes. The software is free.
Is there also a hosted version where the hosting and technical side is done for you? Yes.

If you "don't want to configure and do that annoying stuff" then you can either pay to have it hosted, or pay a third party to do it for you.

If you don't want anyone to configure and host a server for you, or that "annoying stuff" like installing it and paying for a server of some description, you are never going to get it "for free".

There's lots of guides on how to do it relatively cheaply, if you're willing to learn a little (it's not a lot) and maintain it (which isn't difficult).

Hmm ill think about doing that.