Forums

The Forums feature provides a message board where users can discuss specific topics with each other.

When discussions involve multiple members, using forums can be more convenient than sending group emails back and forth.
Discussion history is stored in Redmine rather than in individual email inboxes, making it easy to review later.
It also eliminates the need to manage long recipient lists in email clients.

Messages posted in forums are searchable, allowing you to quickly find past discussions.

Redmine allows you to create multiple forums per project.

Forum-Related Terms

Forum

A forum is the top-level category for discussion topics. Each project can have multiple forums.

For example, on the official Redmine website, forums such as Open discussion, Help, and Development are used to host different types of conversations:

Open discussion for general discussions about Redmine

Help for questions and support

Development for topics related to Redmine core development

Message

A message is an individual post within a forum. Discussions take place by creating messages and posting replies to them. Each forum can contain multiple messages, and each message can have multiple replies.

For example, in the Help forum on the official Redmine website, a separate message is created for each individual question.

Example