Vanilla Forum Alternatives

Vanilla Forum is described as 'Vanilla provides a standards-compliant, multi-lingual, theme-able and pluggablecommunity forum software that powers discussion forums on 800,000 sites' and is a Forum Software in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Vanilla Forum for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best Vanilla Forum alternative is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Flarum or phpBB. Other great apps like Vanilla Forum are Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, NodeBB and XenForo.

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Vanilla Forum alternatives page was last updated Jun 17, 2024
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  1. Booklet icon

    Booklet

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Booklet Features

    1.  Threaded Conversations

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    • Booklet is the most popular SaaS alternative to Vanilla Forum.

    • Booklet is Freemium and ProprietaryVanilla Forum is Free Personal and Open Source
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    PlushForums

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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.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Instaforum icon

    Instaforum

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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.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Upload Screenshot
    5.  Unlimited storage
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  Support for @mentions
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Multiple Account support
    10.  No Tracking

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    FUDforum

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Forem icon

    Forem

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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.

    25 Forem alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Home

    Forem Features

    1.  Feedback

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  8. Flatboard icon

    Flatboard

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    A Simple, Lightweight, Modern and fast Flat-File Forum, using Json and Markdown or BBcode.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Login page

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Flat File CMS

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  10. IkoBB icon

    IkoBB

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Multiple languages

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  11. Phorum icon

    Phorum

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Phorum screenshot 1

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  12. Open Social icon

    Open Social

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    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.

    51 Open Social alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

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    uCoz

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Warning

    Blocked by Google chrome, many DNS plugins and is known to be dangerous to many experts.

    uCoz Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  Publishing

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  14. AsmBB icon

    AsmBB

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    The default theme Wasp.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No dependencies
    2.  Skinnable

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  15. Bullentin Board icon

    Bullentin Board

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    Bulletin Board is new modern forum software that allow you build a professional forum

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Bullentin Board screenshot 1

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