PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
United StatesAlerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
phpBB Alternatives
phpBB is described as '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' and is a popular Forum Software in the business & commerce category. There are more than 50 alternatives to phpBB for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best phpBB 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 phpBB are MyBB, Simple Machines Forum, vBulletin and Invision Community.
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IkoBB is a new open source bulletin board which aim it is to fullfill the wishes and dreams of it's community. New technologies like emojis, identicons and responsive design are the core of this bulletin board.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- PHP
Kunena is the ideal forum extension for Joomla. It's free, fully integrated, and no bridges or hacks are required.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Joomla
Platform for creating free private forums on a subdomain and cloud hosted software developed and maintained by ArmorForums. Free hosting services for forum websites and full control over settings, users, content and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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Forum(s) built with JavaScript ( with CoffeeScript ) and alternativeto.net/software/json for the database distributed by the network .
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Python
- JSON
- JavaScript
- ZeroNet
uCoz is a free website-builder that includes hosting and a website management system. uCoz works according to the principles of Web 2.0 and allows creating of the most complicated projects with extraordinary simplicity and speed.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
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.
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Comments about Tribe Community Platform as an Alternative to phpBB
- Tribe Community Platform is Freemium and Proprietary
- Tribe Community Platform is Customizable
PunBB.NET is a forum written using the ASP.NET technology.
This forum is simple, fast and lightweight. The forum's core itself is only a basis, which allows attaching various extensions to it. This makes it possible for you to have a discussion board,which can be fine-tuned.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Self-Hosted
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
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Bulletin Board is new modern forum software that allow you build a professional forum
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Canada
Tribe allows us to build a fully customized online community under a custom domain without any restrictions on the member or content.