MyBB Alternatives
MyBB is described as 'The free and open source, intuitive, extensible, and incredibly powerful forum software you've been looking for' and is a Forum Software in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MyBB for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best MyBB 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 MyBB are XenForo, Invision Community, NodeBB and Vanilla Forum.
Alternatives list
ElkArte is a modern, powerful community building forum software. It is completely free to use and is licensed with an open source BSD-3 clause license.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website. FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications. It is easy to use and has a proven track record of stability and security making it an...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
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.
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Feature-rich and lightning fast forums. Works standalone or as a Rails engine. Markdown by default, with plugins for code highlighting, KaTeX math, and BBCode. No JavaScript required. Easy deployment on Heroku or with Ansible.
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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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.
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46 Spirit (Forum) alternativesSpirit is a modern Python based forum built on top of Django framework.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
miniBB is a standalone, open source program for building your own Internet forum. If you want a lite, simple and stable message board attached to your existing website at the very high integration level, which may include the full customization of the layout to the look of your...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
+1
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
+1
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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