Free forum software list

In this topic I will list some nice freeware forum software I've used.
No, I won't list free hosts. Just the software.

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MyBB
Author: MyBB team

What the site says: "MyBB is a discussion board that has been around for a while; it has evolved from other bulletin boards into the forum package it is today. Therefore, it is a professional and efficient discussion board, developed by an active team of developers. The MyBB history has been recorded and is available for the interested to read. You can also read more about the MyBB team and why they develop MyBB in their spare time. We also like to highlight the most active and contributing fansites of the MyBB community."

Requirements: PHP, MySQL

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phpBB
Author: The phpBB Team

What the site says: "Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.0 “Olympus” has an easy to use administration panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows you to have a forum set up in minutes.

With a large and highly customisable set of key features coupled with a standards compliant interface, phpBB™ will grow with, and compliment your website. With millions of installations worldwide, it is no wonder phpBB™ is one of the most popular ways to create and support a community."

Requirements: PHP, MySQL

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Simple Machines Forum
Author: The SMF Team

What the site says: "Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other.

SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software - and best of all it is and will always remain completely free!"

Requirements: PHP, MySQL

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TKForum
Author: Toni Kuhanen

What the site says: "TKForum is a Finnish PHP-based forum software. It doesn't need any "real" database. Instead it uses text files."

TKForum is a small but good forum software. It has basic forum features and three user levels. It's great when your host doesn't support MySQL.

Yoshi Village runs on TKForum, by the way.

Requirements: PHP

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YaBB
Author: YaBB Development Team

What the site says: "YaBB is a leading FREE, Open Source community forum system (bulletin board, message board) written in Perl. Learn how it started, who is on the project team, and what the main features are."

Requirements: Perl



To be continued...

This post has been edited by hohoo on Mar 2 2008, 03:26 AM

Another one, using perl, is YaBB. You could add it (if you like to use perl program)

When I am finished making mine (PHP, no database required) then will that be added as well?

http://ipbfree.com/ is pretty nifty.

http://www.proboards.com/ is much more limited in the sense if admin controls, but allows some HTML Header and footers which can jazz the site up a bit. Had some skinning issues lately though. Support got the board back up 4 days after I complained.

I apologise hohoo, misread part of your topic.

This post has been edited by hazmeister on Mar 1 2008, 07:05 PM

I made my forum with phpBB

Is on the Darkness Forums UB

This post has been edited by Darkyoshi on Mar 1 2008, 03:55 PM

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anyway, I'd like to recommend
MyBB
Author: MyBB team
What the site says: MyBB is a discussion board that has been around for a while; it has evolved from other bulletin boards into the forum package it is today. Therefore, it is a professional and efficient discussion board, developed by an active team of developers. The MyBB history has been recorded and is available for the interested to read. You can also read more about the MyBB team and why they develop MyBB in their spare time. We also like to highlight the most active and contributing fansites of the MyBB community.
Requirements: PHP, MySQL