Forem Alternatives

Forem is described as 'Is open source software for building modern and independent communities for your developers, peers, customers, users. Forem is already powering communities that serve over 10 million monthly unique visitors' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Forem for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best Forem alternative is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Discourse or Flarum. Other great apps like Forem are Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, NodeBB and XenForo.

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  1. WoltLab Suite icon
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    WoltLab Suite (formerly Burning Board) is an enterprise grade CMS built for communities and forums.

    127 WoltLab Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  2. Booklet icon
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    Booklet is a asynchronous discussion forum as an alternative to chat. It sends calm, automated summaries to everybody so that they stay informed and engaged - without having to stay logged in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. With Instaforum, you can build a forum website that's as simple and usable as a modern messaging app. It can be public or private, and users don't have to install anything. It's easy to set up, runs on your domain with your branding, and you control your data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Storyden icon
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    With a fresh new take on traditional bulletin board forum software, Storyden is a modern, secure and extensible platform for building communities.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  5. Spirit is a modern Python based forum built on top of Django framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. AsmBB icon
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    AsmBB is high performance web forum software, written entirely in assembly language. It is very lightweight, but provides decent set of features and ultimate performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Thredded icon
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    Feature-rich and lightning fast forums. Works standalone or as a Rails engine. Markdown by default, with plugins for code highlighting, KaTeX math, and BBCode. No JavaScript required. Easy deployment on Heroku or with Ansible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. miniBB icon
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    miniBB is a standalone, open source program for building your own Internet forum. If you want a lite, simple and stable message board attached to your existing website at the very high integration level, which may include the full customization of the layout to the look of your...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. PunBB icon
     6 likes

    PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Tribe is a white-label platform, empowering the new generation of online communities. It boosts users engagement and growth through widgets and integrations to existing stacks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    FlaskBB is a fast, simple and extensible forum software. It is being developed in Python/Flask under the permissive BSD 3-Clause license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Flask
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