How is XenForo so fast?

[Deepmartini]

Other forum software just crawls along. How can you be so fast? Is this because of the servers? Will it be as fast on shared hosting?

 

[Onimua]

Other forum software just crawls along. How can you be so fast? Is this because of the servers? Will it be as fast on shared hosting?

It's on one server right now, that's also sharing resources with a few other sites.

 

[Deepmartini]

Wow! This is impressive. Makes vbulletin look like an ugly slow snail.

 

[thedude]

i'm assuming efficient coding and proper static content caching as well compressing things like js and css on the initial download...

 

[Kier]

We are not using a particularly fast server, we are just enjoying the benefits of a well-designed, lightweight architecture that has been designed from the outset to be highly flexible, have minimal overheads and very high performance.

I should note that we are not currently running with any of our caching features enabled (they need further testing) but when we turn those on we expect another big boost in performance.

 

[Deepmartini]

From a user's perspective this forum software has been a pleasure to use. And forums are fun again!!!

 

[TNCclubman]

I looove the speed as my board is sooooo slow on a dedicated server. (vB)

 

[Deepmartini]

The software is so fast it's almost like being in a chat room but with the benefits of capturing all the knowledge forever by having it in a forum post. It's the ideal solution!

 

[0ptima]

We are not using a particularly fast server, we are just enjoying the benefits of a well-designed, lightweight architecture that has been designed from the outset to be highly flexible, have minimal overheads and very high performance.

I should note that we are not currently running with any of our caching features enabled (they need further testing) but when we turn those on we expect another big boost in performance.

Impressive!

 

[Wired]

How is XenForo so fast? - Liquid Schwartz

I agree, it's very speedy for the hammering it's gotten in the past week. Kudos!

 

[Mr_Bob]

We are not using a particularly fast server, we are just enjoying the benefits of a well-designed, lightweight architecture that has been designed from the outset to be highly flexible, have minimal overheads and very high performance.

I was going to respond that the Xenforo core is magic and it's powered by dreams, but the real answer is wonderful nonetheless .

 

[Tigratrus]

I should note that we are not currently running with any of our caching features enabled (they need further testing) but when we turn those on we expect another big boost in performance.

Now that is truly impressive.
:: snoopy dance ::

 

[Lawrence]

Liquid Schwartz? lol, I loved Spaceballs!

XF is fast because developers know what they are doing,

 

[ArnyVee]

Lawrence, I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!

 

[Anthony Parsons]

If you manage to have the forum, cms, blogs, gallery, downloads, mods, etc etc... all run on what could be called the average community today, then I think you may just take out the majority of the competition with that alone. Performance is such a big factor in what users want... It is one part right now that alone captivates my curiosity.

 

[Peggy]

Lawrence, I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!

 

[Princeton]

-less features
-less code
-no inline javascript (none to very little)
-less http requests
-no tables

classes, functions, and number of queries are kept to a minimum (and optimized)

 

[James]

DRY, KISS, REST have all helped towards usability! I do love the speed of this wonderful application though!

 

[Dean]

The software is so fast it's almost like being in a chat room but with the benefits of capturing all the knowledge forever by having it in a forum post. It's the ideal solution!

Exactly. That is what I think when people keep asking about instant messaging / chat box suggestions.

 

[Lucas]

How? Because it's the XenForo way.