BitChan AlternativesImageboards and other similar apps like BitChan

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   vichan

    5 likes

   A modern, full featured and actively developed imageboard engine (similar to Futaba, Kusaba and 4chan). Based on (and compatible with) Tinyboard.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Online
   • MySQL Community Edition
   • MariaDB
   • PHP

   

   Good alternative?Is vichan a good alternative to BitChan?

    
2. 

   

   Sriracha

    3 likes

   Imageboard and forum server.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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4. 

   

   LynxChan

    2 likes

   LynxChan is an imageboard/chan engine with the following goals:

   Fully support users not using javascript. Make information available in json format. Support the most amount of users with the least hardware power. Modular front-end.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Origin

   • Brazil

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted

   

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5. 

   

   TinyIB

    2 likes

   Lightweight PHP image board with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and flat file database support. Very easy to install and use.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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6. 

   

   jschan

    1 like

   Anonymous imageboard software. Classic look, modern features and feel. Works without JavaScript and supports Tor, I2P, Lokinet, etc.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Origin

   • Australia

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   • Australia

   

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8. 

   

   Wakaba

    1 like

   Wakaba is an image board script very strictly modelled after the Futaba and Futallaby scripts. Wakaba borrows quite a bit of HTML code and translated text from Futallaby.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   Good alternative?Is Wakaba a good alternative to BitChan?

    
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   FoolFuuka

    1 like

   FoolFuuka was designed to serve two different purposes: (1) as a front-end for Asagi, a 4chan fetcher, and (2) an image-based bulletin board.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Imageboard

   Platforms

   • Online
   • MySQL Community Edition
   • Self-Hosted
   • NGINX
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • PHP

   

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    Kusaba X

     1 like

    Kusaba X is open source imageboard software written in PHP, a continuation of the imageboard software, which Trevor has quit supporting. While other Kusaba derivatives are adding more bloat than functionality, Kusaba X is determined on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Imageboard

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online

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11. 

    

    Saguaro Imageboard

     2 likes

    Saguaro is a small branch of the image board software .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Imageboard

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online

    

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    Project Mitsuba

     1 like

    Project Mitsuba is an opensource (AGPLv3 licensed) image board software written in PHP and using MySQLi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Imageboard

    Platforms

    • Online

    P

    

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13. 

    

    OpenYotsuba

     Like

    OpenYotsuba is a project that aims to create a 4chan-like imageboard engine. It was based from the April 2025 4chan source code leak.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Imageboard

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    

    Good alternative?Is OpenYotsuba a good alternative to BitChan?

     
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    meguca

     Like

    anonymous realtime imageboard with user-created boards focused on high performance, free speech and transparent moderation

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Imageboard

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

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