WoltLab Suite (formerly Burning Board) is an enterprise grade CMS built for communities and forums.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- MySQL Community Edition
- Self-Hosted
- PHP
Germany
EU
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Vanilla Forum Alternatives
Apps similar to Vanilla Forum include Discourse, which is open source and free for personal use. Other options are Flarum, phpBB, Simple Machines Forum and MyBB. You're spoiled for choice with Forum Software like Vanilla Forum: we list more than 50 alternatives for self-hosting, the web, Linux, Windows and Mac.
Alternatives list
- 128 WoltLab Suite alternatives
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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
United Kingdom
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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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- United Kingdom
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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)
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 (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
United States
Open Social is a purpose-built community engagement platform. Developed on top of a powerful open-source Drupal technology framework, Open Social allows organizations to create a central online hub for their members.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
FUDforum (Fast Uncompromising Discussion Forum) is a free and open source web discussion forum. FUDforum combines an extensive feature set while maintaining the ability to generate forum web pages extremely fast.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Global
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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
- Paid
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
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