Woltlab Suite

WoltLab Suite 6.0 hits stable. Stable release announcement was made a few hours ago.

CKEditor 5, support for Font Awesome 6, free dark theme etc comes as new features in this version. Forum list with live updates is also included in this version.

WoltLab Suite 6.0.1, a minor release, is now available.

Woltlab Suite 6.0 got an update in the form of 6.0.14.

If you are using version 5.5 , v5.5.21 is available.

Looks like Woltlab 6.1 beta will be available soon. Last week, I noticed their community was on a development version. It is not there now, but I think they were live testing the board.

Possible, there was a new blog post about customisable admin panel in Woltlab Suite 6.1. That was on 20 th June 2024.

Another blog post on v 6.1 was on May 20 th this year.

So Woltlab Forum 6.1 will be here soon?

Given they blogging about advanced features in the admin panel, I think the whole Woltlab Suite 6.1 will be available in a couple of months. Their development is faster than other forums. They go through a rapid cycle once the beta is released.

The good thing about Woltlab is that they give public beta. That is what I remember. Possibly the same this time.

That is a good thing. Especially for those who share news about forum software. If I am to talk about something, I need to try it before explaining.

Also, people get to try it and check whether it suits their needs. Their UX has improved a lot in the last few years. I am loving it here.

Their migration tools are powerful and easy to use. We migrated from Flarum. I saw topic on Woltlab talking about importing from phpBB. The importer comes free with the licence. That is an added bonus if you ask me.

Moving in and out is a critical requirement. I am sure Woltlab fares well in this area.

I checked the supported importer. Both IPS and Xenforo offer no Woltlab importers. I don't know why.

I am happy with Woltlab. But if people want to migrate to XF or IPS, that is a costly affair. You need to hire someone to import your data into Xenforo or IPS format.

Why so? I assumed that it was there by default?

I don't know. Competition, business tactics, no idea. But they have no official import tool for Woltlab.

Are you going to test Woltlab 6.1 beta when it arrives? I think you should.

I normally try a lot of things on localhost. That I will do for sure so that I can write and understand more about it.

Another blog on Woltlab 6.1 on April 19, talking about " User authentication overhaul ".

If you want to try Woltlab Suite, then v 6.1 is not far from what I see. They always keep up with competitor new editions. Xenforo got one, Invision is almost there. So I think Woltlab will be ready too.

A new blog post talks about Member list redesign. It looks good.