LueRevival is a modern rewrite of acjordan2/AlpacaBoards, cloned and inspected at commit 7d2cfe1.
| Original subsystem | Modern replacement in LueRevival |
|---|---|
| PHP 5.3.7 + Smarty | Node 22 + Express + EJS |
| MySQL schema: Users, Topics, Messages, Links, Invites, Shop, Tags, StaffPermissions, DisciplineHistory, ImageMap | Postgres schema preserving those domain concepts with snake_case names and modern constraints |
| Sphinx search daemon | Postgres full-text search indexes |
| Cookie auth + legacy password library | bcrypt password hashes + server-side Postgres-backed sessions + CSRF |
templates/default/css/nblue.css | Copied directly and lightly extended to preserve the gray/blue table-board feel |
Bundled upstream references live in docs/UPSTREAM_* so future maintainers can compare behavior against the source material without hunting.