Here is an initial list to get started, when they were testing the alpha version, before the official 1.0 release
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/list-of-plugins-that-work-on-rc1
Sometimes, it is also mentioned in the discussions on the individual plugin page.

Of course, having a local test install allows me to test them, before using the plugins on a live site...

We run 9.0x right now and have no problems so far (beyond a few cosmetic tweaks) with any of the plugins we are using... which is about 20 or so.

I don't think bbPress is going anywhere. It is a great little piece of community software. If WP decides to stop supporting it, I bet someone (maybe one of us?) will pick it up and fork off into a new direction for it.

Just today I got an email from someone who visited my bbPress site and they wanted to know what software I was running. They said they really liked it and was hoping it was a plug-in to WP so they could run it. It is feedback like this that WP needs to hear...

and if you look on the automattic projects page, bbPress is right there, mentioned just after WordPress and Akismet, not even last in line.

@Marius - yes, WP is using bbPress.

Doesn't WordPress.org use BBPress? Though I can't find it credited anywhere... if they do - thats a good sign?

Doesn't WordPress.org use BBPress? Though I can't find it credited anywhere... if they do - thats a good sign?

This is the advantage or open-source. In the near future someone will pick up the development on BBP.

Matt simply needs to prioritize it enough to set it up and answer emails on the subject.

I'll bet that after WP2.9 comes out, we'll see some movement.

few months ago, I have paid some developers to convert the site from phpbb to bbpress. except into 1.0 version so many plugins were not updated, and new forum didnt go on line,
and we were waiting for some movement on bbpress and plugins front..

it looks like time & money was wasted :(

Maybe, can anyone suggest a viable alternative to bbpress? so we could have a deep integration of wpmu with forums & buddypress
of course, there has to exist some converters from phpbb.... I have looked and found NO alternative :(

Or contact Matt Mullenweg at Automattic.

Who would we need to talk to?

I find it odd that it would die like this... and WP is still using it, though I'm sure we'll all miss _ck_'s great knowledge and contribution. Oh my... :-(

Sorry for the confusion, meant 'Ouch' re: the site bbShowcase going down (did not mean to direct it at you or anyone else). This is not good for bbPress's future. It hurts us all.

@Olaf:

You are right on the money. It would be disastrous if a bbPress vulnerability was discovered and no patch was rolled out to combat it...

I appreciate everything she's done for bbPress, and hope she'll come back when things are sorted out with bbPress.

I guess I got used to the simplicity of bbPress. I'm still going to use it, however, as long as bbPress.org is up and running and the WP.com forums uses it. This only means less themes and plugins.

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-out-with-bbpress

both topics are not so old and tell me the that something is going on.
I'm more concerned if someone "evil" has found some security issue in bbpress and there is no one who will provide an update...

It's a shame...

For _ck_ any change we can acces the forum (but lock all topics and dont allow new ones to be created) so we can still benefit from the knowledge already posted there?

Greetz Nuul,

Damn, just as I am on the edge of releasing a cool new plugin :)

Actually I think about to convert my bbpress forum into a wordpress site using a theme that looks like a forum :)
Can't be so difficult, the whole structure of bbpress looks too much like wordpress
(... another XX hours lost in the development of bbpress plugins)

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The bbPress Showcase has been discontinued.

The removal of Sam Bauers and the halting of bbpress.org 2.0
was a clear and final sign that there is no interest in allowing
bbPress to become a mature, robust program and community.

By now bbPress 1.5 could have been in alpha but instead
bbPress development has been deliberately stagnated,
which should be a very alarming warning to everyone.

In addition, bbShowcase had only six donations in 2009,
which indicated to me there was no interest in my work.

My code will remain on bbpress.org as open source GPL
for those that wish to use it, however I caution you to
consider bbPress's lack of leadership before continuing to use it.
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