[FUN STUFF]
Hacking forum-scout for your own forums
Want to swap out a distro forum for one that fits you better?
It’s one line of code.
Open forum-scout.py and find the FORUMS list near the top (~line 49). Each entry
looks like this:
{"name": "Mabox", "type": "discourse", "url": "https://forum.maboxlinux.org",
"color": "#c49000", "on": True, "group": "distro"},
To replace Mabox with NixOS for example, just change it to:
{"name": "NixOS", "type": "discourse", "url": "https://discourse.nixos.org",
"color": "#5277c3", "on": True, "group": "distro"},
That’s it. As long as the forum runs Discourse, “type”: “discourse” works out of the box — no other changes needed.
To add a new entry instead of replacing, just paste a new line in the list.
Pick any hex color you like for that forum.
The “group” field controls which row it appears in:
- “distro” — top row
- “wiki” — middle row
- “de” — bottom row (KDE, GNOME style)
Works for any Discourse-based forum on the internet.
Have fun!