FUDforum Alternatives

FUDforum is described as '(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' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FUDforum for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best FUDforum alternative is Flarum, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FUDforum are phpBB, Simple Machines Forum, MyBB and NodeBB.

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  1. Flarum icon
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    Flarum is free, open-source forum software with a focus on simplicity. You can use Flarum to easily set up a discussion forum for your website. Flarum is developed openly on GitHub.

    56 Flarum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
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  2. phpBB icon
     90 likes

    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.

    57 phpBB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    37 languages
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  3. Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. MyBB icon
     35 likes

    MyBB is the free and open source, intuitive, extensible, and incredibly powerful forum software you've been looking for.

    52 MyBB alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  5. NodeBB icon
     20 likes

    A community forum allows you to engage and retain customers, keeping them interested and up-to-date with your latest product or service.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm
    • MongoDB
    • Redis
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  6. XenForo icon
     21 likes

    A compelling community experience. Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast. XenForo brings a fresh outlook to forum software.

    48 XenForo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • MariaDB
    • PHP
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  7. Vanilla Forum icon
     22 likes

    Vanilla provides a standards-compliant, multi-lingual, theme-able and pluggablecommunity forum software that powers discussion forums on 800,000 sites.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. vBulletin icon
     20 likes

    vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum software written in PHP using a MySQL database server.

    47 vBulletin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • PHP
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  9. Foru.ms icon
     3 likes

    Cloud Hosted Forum Communities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. AsmBB icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. 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.

    30 Phorum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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