# Just would like to learn why discourse, but not nodebb as a dev? most forums I visit use discourse, few nodebb,

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**Created:** [June 30, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-would-like-to-learn-why-discourse-but-not-nodebb-as-a-dev-most-forums-i-visit-use-discourse-few-nodebb/314340 "2024-06-30T07:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-would-like-to-learn-why-discourse-but-not-nodebb-as-a-dev-most-forums-i-visit-use-discourse-few-nodebb/314340/2 "2024-06-30T11:08:58Z")

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You probably won’t need to do too much. Some basic Ruby knowledge (which I lack) will probably help to gain an understanding of how Discourse works. I suppose the rest is just lots of tedious configuration when setting up, but once you get it working, things run more smoothly from there.

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