@ᴅᴀʀᴛʜ-ᴠᴀᴅᴇʀ I have the same problem, yes. I stayed on previous versions for my site in production.
But since unfortunately this project was Archived on github, we'll probably have to find another theme.

@ᴅᴀʀᴛʜ-ᴠᴀᴅᴇʀ It probably crashes because of the plugins you installed and nodebb can't find them (nodebb-theme-oxide in particular)

I suggest you backup the redis database by copying the /data folder somewhere, then delete the contents of the original folder and also remove the config.json volume.

Erase and restart redis and nodebb container (It should be like a fresh install) then installs the plugins and themes listed in the log file (nodebb-plugin-teamspeak-verify, nodebb-widget-search-bar, nodebb-theme-oxide, etc)

When all plugins are installed and enabled, stop the nodebb container and restore the /data redis database with your backup, and remap config.json volume and I think it should be up.

Next time you want to upgrade, disable all plugins before restarting the container with the new image.

I still have issues with NodeBB 1.17.1.
The dark mode doesn't work anymore when it is selected, and there is a problem of resizing the images imported in the posts when I refresh the post, they are too wide and overflow (I don't have this problem with the persona theme)

@ᴅᴀʀᴛʜ-ᴠᴀᴅᴇʀ Hello, normally it is enough to stop and clear the container (not delete) with the function provided in synology, to re-download the new image in the registry and to restart the container again. You will also need to add a persistent volume to map the /usr/src/app/config.json file

Problems occur if you have installed plugins or themes. The docker image provided by nodebb is not really docker friendly so it will be possible, but more complicated.

I tried many solutions before choosing Nodebb. Flarum is not bad, but it still lacks too many features in my opinion, and I don't like the style of Discourse in which I get lost too easily in the interface.
In fact, I hesitated between Xenforo and NodeBB and the fact that NodeBB runs on nodejs and is free made me decide.

Just to point out that the last version 6.0.6 doesn't work well with the recent-cards plugin (v2.0.7)
When I click on the "next" button from the carousel, the page reloads and it doesn't slide. In dark mode there is also a color issue on the cards and the "next" button on the carousel goes over the user menu when drop down.
There is no problem without the recent-cards plugin, maybe it's a problem that comes from this plugin rather than the oxide theme.

@julian In this capitalist world, life is a business.

On the other hand, to have a service that is NEARLY free, there is always the possibility of having someone else pay for it for you. The best known are advertising, or patronage or volunteering. There's stealing, which is pretty good, too ^^

@scottalanmiller said in Some questions :

Likewise, to do this, the concept of free can't exist at all.

Yep. And if it can't exist, there's no point in wanting it anyway. In fact, it will make us even poorer for wanting it.

@scottalanmiller I figured all those supposedly free presents I got at Christmas were fake. If they were really gifts, they had to offer me the Hifi system, the house to store the equipment, the electricity bill for life, and a clone/duplicate of myself to listen to the music so it wouldn't cost me my free time.

@oplik0 You're not talking about an app, you're talking about a service. It's not for lack of saying it again, and again...

So, free or not free at all?
More seriously, we really need to distinguish between a service and an app...
NodeBB is NOT a service. If you want one, it's called NodeBB Instant Hosting https://nodebb.org/pricing
But if you want a free app (what we're talking about), it's there: https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases

We've already talked about buying hardware, electricity, etc., but that's irrelevant, it's another subject for which the NodeBB app can't do anything, because even with all the will in the world, no developer on this planet can make time, food, or electricity free, and it is not attributable to the application itself.

@oplik0 said in Some questions :

hosting can be free (as shown here) and custom development can be free too if you do it yourself

Your time and you brain work are free? How do you get your food?

@scottalanmiller Yes sorry, Forgive me, I tried to think like him for a short moment.

And here's the killer question. Is Discourse really free? Oh damn, no I have to host it, etc... Lol this guy's a joke.

@scottalanmiller So if I understood correctly, some free server app doesn't exist and can't exist, but he complains that NodeBB isn't free?

Actually, I think what he wants is not a free server app (what NodeBB is), but a free complete service. He wants someone to install NodeBB for him for free, hosting it for free on his server that he pays for him, and that way, he feels it's free.

@cregox Can you name an server app that is free according to your criteria?

If you come in any linux community and you say something like GNU/Linux is not free, because I have to buy a computer to run it, of course you're going to get bashed. It's exatly the same for NodeBB.
It's even insulting to the developers who provide the software and who worked hard for you for FREE.

@cregox You're doing exactly what I said earlier, you're confusing everything. NodeBB is an server app, not a service.
Moreover, the comparison with Wikipedia is dishonest because of course consulting wikipedia is free (just like consulting community.nodebb.org) while the hosting costs of wikipedia are huge. (several millions of dollars per month in servers).

Knowing if the NodeBB app is free or not is not subjective, I objectively didn't take a single dollar out of my pocket to install and use this app.

On the other hand yes indeed I had to come up with money to host the app but in this case you have to consider that absolutely nothing in this world is free and you have to remove this word from the dictionary because just thinking is not free since to have an idea, you have to get your brain working which needs purchased food to work, and it's the same to move your hands and your eyes...

Do we really have to go that far to accept the fact that nodeBB is free and it's not subjective?

@cregox That would be like saying that it's not free because you have to pay for the electricity for the server, the internet connection, etc. NodeBB is really free that's a fact, but hosting and manage a server is not. However, the two things are quite different but also dependent on each other. Let's not confuse everything.

duplicate
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/14814/have-a-hebrow-forum