87 Like Discourse Good alternative? YES NO Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. A modern forum, everything's been redesigned to be easy. Self-hosted... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Web Self-Hosted Ruby JavaScript Docker Integrated Spam Protection Live Push Notifications Mobile friendly Patreon Integration REST API Slack integration ... Trust Level system Add a feature
36 Like Flarum Good alternative? YES NO Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free. Free Open Source Self-Hosted PHP Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Themes Add a feature
69 Like phpBB Good alternative? YES NO Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.2 “Rhea” has an easy to use administration... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PHP No features added Add a feature
27 Like Simple Machines Forum Alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
25 Like MyBB Good alternative? YES NO MyBB is the free and open source, intuitive, extensible, and incredibly powerful forum software you've been looking for. With everything from forums to threads... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web No features added Add a feature
14 Like NodeBB Good alternative? YES NO NodeBB is an open source forum software that's free and easy to use. A community forum allows you to engage and retain customers, keeping them interested and... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted MongoDB Redis Cloudron No features added Add a feature
18 Like bbPress Good alternative? YES NO bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress. Its focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed. bbPress will try to... Free Open Source Web No features added Add a feature
18 Like vBulletin Good alternative? YES NO vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum software produced by Jelsoft Enterprises. It is written in PHP using a MySQL database server. Commercial Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone PHP No features added Add a feature
19 Like Vanilla Good alternative? YES NO Vanilla provides a standards-compliant, multi-lingual, theme-able and pluggablecommunity forum software that powers discussion forums on 800,000 sites. It's... Freemium Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
15 Like XenForo Good alternative? YES NO A compelling community experience. Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast. XenForo brings a fresh outlook to forum software. Commercial Windows Linux Web Responsive design Add a feature
16 Like IP.Board Good alternative? YES NO Invision Power Board (abbreviated IPB, IP.Board or IP Board) is an Internet forum software produced by Invision Power Services, Inc. It is written in PHP and primarily... Commercial Mac Windows Linux Web No features added Add a feature
19 Like FluxBB Good alternative? YES NO FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website. FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web No features added Add a feature
9 Like WoltLab Suite Good alternative? YES NO WoltLab Suite (formerly Burning Board) is an enterprise grade CMS built for communities and forums. Commercial Mac Windows Linux MySQL Community Edition Self-Hosted PHP No features added Add a feature
3 Like YaBB Good alternative? YES NO YaBB is a free Perl forum (bulletin board) system that has rivaled professional message boards for years. YaBB provides chat for visitors where they can post any time... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted Perl No features added Add a feature
4 Like PunBB Good alternative? YES NO PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Lightweight Add a feature
