meguca AlternativesImageboards and other similar apps like meguca

meguca is described as 'Anonymous realtime imageboard with user-created boards focused on high performance, free speech and transparent moderation' and is a Imageboard in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to meguca for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, MySQL Community Edition, Mac and Windows apps. The best meguca alternative is vichan, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like meguca are LynxChan, TinyIB, Nullchan and jschan.

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  1. vichan icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • MariaDB
    • PHP
     
    • vichan is the most popular Web-based alternative to meguca.

    • vichan is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to meguca.

    • vichan is Free and Open Sourcemeguca is also Free and Open Source
  2. LynxChan icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • LynxChan is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to meguca.

    • LynxChan is Free and Open Sourcemeguca is also Free and Open Source
  3. TinyIB icon
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    Lightweight PHP image board with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and flat file database support. Very easy to install and use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • TinyIB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to meguca.

    • TinyIB is Free and Open Sourcemeguca is also Free and Open Source
  4. jschan icon
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    Anonymous imageboard software. Classic look, modern features and feel. Works without JavaScript and supports Tor, I2P, Lokinet, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Wakaba icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Kusaba X is open source imageboard software written in PHP, a continuation of the kusaba 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Saguaro is a small branch of the image board software Futallaby .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
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    Project Mitsuba is an opensource (AGPLv3 licensed) image board software written in PHP and using MySQLi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. BitChan icon
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    BitChan solves a number of security and free speech problems that have plagued most imageboards. Centralized imageboards can be taken offline or hijacked and can leak user data. BitChan reduces the likelihood of this by being decentralized, allowing each user to host their own...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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