Are there any NON-web based forum APIs available for Java. I.e. forums built on JFrame, JPanel etc?
I searched google, but then only web-based forums come up! I am thinking about integrating my web-based forum into the game itself! Maybe I am searching with the wrong terms, but then “forum Java API” doesn’t show anything other than web based.
Mine has been designed for that, but is not production ready (works well enough now, but lacks documentation and features)
http://www.javapause.com/forum
edit : Just to clarify : it’s half web-based (page rendering is done in html (JEditorPane or JDIC native browser), and server handles XML-HTTP requests sent by the clients)
Lilian 
Cool! I have been looking at some solutions for game discussions ( phpBB, Simple Fourms, etc. ). I like this option though…you can really customize it to have the L&F of your game environment if you choose to do so and without the browser clutter it helps maintain the suspension-of-disbelief.
Sure, it’s based on [shameless plug] VLDocking, so the LaF is completely pluggable (as long as you can cope with swing laf).
Inner (panel content) rendering is also easy to extend and HTML pages support CSS (well, Swing HTML kit CSS : not everything can be done (forget drop shadows) but images, backgrounds and border are usable enough).
There is also basic support for chat (single room) not shown here, and RSS support to dispatch news only once.
Another example can be found here http://www.vlsolutions.com/en/forum (previous version of the forum, but with more features enabled)
Lilian
Nice work. ;D I’ll poke around both links later today.
yep! thanks, that’s pretty cool!