Foru.ms AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Forum Software

The best Forum Software alternative to Foru.ms is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Flarum or phpBB. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Foru.ms and many of them are Forum Software so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Forum Software alternatives to Foru.ms are Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, XenForo and bbPress.

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  1. Discourse icon
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    Discourse

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    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.

    67 Discourse alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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    Discourse Features

    1.  Email list
    2.  Trust Level system
    3.  Interactive tutorials
    4.  Infinite scroll
    5. Patreon icon  Patreon Integration
    6. Slack icon  Slack integration
    7.  Mobile friendly
    8.  REST API
    9.  Live Push Notifications
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    • Discourse is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Foru.ms.

    • Discourse is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Foru.ms.

    • Discourse is Free Personal and Open SourceForu.ms is Free and Proprietary
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    Flarum

     81 likes
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    Flarum is free, open-source forum software with a focus on simplicity. You can use Flarum to easily set up a discussion forum for your website. Flarum is developed openly on GitHub.

    51 Flarum alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
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    Installation process
    +5
    The UI pane

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Visual design
    3.  Simplicity
    4.  Web Forms
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  4. phpBB icon
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    phpBB

     85 likes
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    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 panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows you to have a forum set up in minutes.

    54 phpBB alternatives
    37 languages

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    +2
    phpBB Demo Site
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    phpBB VS Foru.ms

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    • phpBB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Foru.ms.

    • phpBB is Free and Open SourceForu.ms is Free and Proprietary
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    PlushForums

    Plush is the most polished, user-friendly forum experience ever, featuring real-time discussions, beautiful design, an integrated blog, member directory, private messaging, paid subscriptions and a world-class mobi...

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    Simple Machines Forum

     35 likes
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    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.

    47 Simple Machines Forum alternatives
    Simple Machines Forum screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Simple Machines Forum Features

    1.  Portal
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  7. MyBB icon
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    MyBB

     34 likes
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    MyBB is the free and open source, intuitive, extensible, and incredibly powerful forum software you've been looking for.

    48 MyBB alternatives
    MyBB screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Integrated Spam Protection
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  8. XenForo icon
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    XenForo

     20 likes
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    A compelling community experience. Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast. XenForo brings a fresh outlook to forum software.

    44 XenForo alternatives
    Overview

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • MariaDB
    • PHP
    Admin Panel
    Forum
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    • XenForo is the most popular commercial alternative to Foru.ms.

    • XenForo is Paid and ProprietaryForu.ms is Free and Proprietary
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    bbPress

     20 likes
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    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 keep things as small and light as possible while still allowing great add-on feature possibilities.

    46 bbPress alternatives
    bbPress screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Vanilla Forum icon
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    Vanilla Forum

     21 likes
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    Vanilla provides a standards-compliant, multi-lingual, theme-able and pluggablecommunity forum software that powers discussion forums on 800,000 sites.

    50 Vanilla Forum alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Vanilla Forum Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  12. FluxBB icon
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    FluxBB

     24 likes
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    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 forum applications. It is easy to use and has a proven track record of stability and security making it an...

    45 FluxBB alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    FluxBB Features

    1.  Website integration
    Discontinued

    Development of FluxBB has halted in favor of of joint open-source alternative, Flarum: https://web.archive.org/web/20221007200349if_/https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8282

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    NodeBB

     18 likes
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    A community forum allows you to engage and retain customers, keeping them interested and up-to-date with your latest product or service.

    46 NodeBB alternatives
    NodeBB screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm
    • MongoDB
    • Redis
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  14. Invision Community icon
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    Invision Community

     18 likes
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    Invision Community is a flexible, feature-packed and easy to customize platform that powers some of the biggest and best communities on the web.

    46 Invision Community alternatives
    Forum exemple

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Flat File CMS
    2.  Portal
    3.  Cloud based
    Download Manager exemple
    Community Calendar exemple
    +7
    Gallery exemple
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    vBulletin

     20 likes
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    vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum software written in PHP using a MySQL database server.

    45 vBulletin alternatives
    Home Screen

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • PHP
    Admin CP of vB
    Suspecting Files for Security
    +4
    vB 5
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    • vBulletin is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Foru.ms.

    • vBulletin is Paid and ProprietaryForu.ms is Free and Proprietary
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