PunBB Alternatives

PunBB is described as 'Fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PunBB for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best PunBB 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 PunBB are Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, XenForo and ElkArte.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Booklet is the most popular SaaS alternative to PunBB.

    • Booklet is Freemium and ProprietaryPunBB is Free and Open Source
  3. Forem icon
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    Forem 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. PlushForums icon
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    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 mobile experience.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    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

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Foru.ms icon
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    Cloud Hosted Forum Communities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Spirit is a modern Python based forum built on top of Django framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. ForumWP icon
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    ForumWP is the best forum plugin for WordPress. Use ForumWP to add a forum to your website and create an online community.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Flatboard icon
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    A Simple, Lightweight, Modern and fast Flat-File Forum, using Json and Markdown or BBcode.

    13 Flatboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Phorum icon
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    Phorum is open source forum software with a penchant for speed. Phorum's very flexible hook and module system can satisfy every web master's needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. uCoz icon
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    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

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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