ForumWP Alternatives & Competitors

Simple Machines offers free open source software such as SMF, the powerful and easy to use community forum written in PHP. Start interesting discussions on your website!

Key Simple Machines Forum features:

Free and Open Source Feature-Rich Community Support Customizability

Open Source

A web-based forum where users submit links, pictures, posts, etc.

Key Raddle features:

Community-Driven Moderation Privacy Focused Open Source No Advertisements

VoIPstudio is an award-winning VoIP system that offers businesses of all sizes a scalable communication solution. It’s inexpensive, easy-to-use, offers a full suite of PBX features, and is fully integrated for CRM.

Key VoIPstudio features:

Call Recording Call Forward Call Analytics and Reporting Call Conferencing

Try for free paid Free Trial $4.99 / Monthly (User)

bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.

Key bbPress features:

WordPress Integration Lightweight Open Source Plugin Ecosystem

Invision Community is a flexible, integrated set of apps for building communities on the web.

Key Invision Community features:

Comprehensive Feature Set Extensibility Solid Support SEO Optimization

Create books: print and ebooks.

Key Pressbooks features:

Ease of Use Integration with Open Educational Resources (OER) Multi-format Export Customization and Themes

Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.

Key Discourse features:

Modern Interface Open Source Rich Features Scalability

Open Source paid Free Trial $100.0 / Monthly

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.

Key Flarum features:

Modern Design Extensibility Fast Performance Mobile Friendly

Open Source

Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a cheap, credit-card sized computer. The official website uses phpBB for their discussion forums. phpBB is not affiliated with nor responsible for any of the sites listed on the showcase.

Key phpBB features:

Open Source Customizability Extensive Documentation Strong Security Features

Open Source

Reflowable format allows you to create files for Kindle, print, and EPUB. Readers can adjust the size of eBook fonts, margins, and various properties on Kindle.

MyBB is a discussion board software that runs on PHP and MySQL.

Key MyBB features:

Free and Open-Source User-Friendly Interface Community Support Extensible

Open Source

Tome is for scholars and students to write online with media and community in mind.

Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast. XenForo brings a fresh outlook to forum software.

Key XenForo features:

User-friendly interface Highly extensible SEO friendly Active community and support

Mobilize is a scalable messaging app built for large groups.

Key Mobilize features:

User-Friendly Interface Customizable Group Features Integrated Communication Tools Analytics and Reporting