Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to phpBB

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As phpBB is an open source project, you can find more open source alternatives and stats on LibHunt.

The top open-source alternatives to phpBB are Discourse, Flarum, and MyBB. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Discourse Landing Page
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Discourse

Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $100.0 / Monthly
#Forums #Forums And Forum Software #Community Platform 23 social mentions
Flarum Landing Page
2

Flarum

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 34 social mentions
MyBB Landing Page
3

MyBB

MyBB is a discussion board software that runs on PHP and MySQL
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 8 social mentions
NodeBB Landing Page
4

NodeBB

NodeBB Forum Software - A better community platform for the modern web. NodeBB is a next generation forum software that's free and easy to use.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 3 social mentions
Simple Machines Forum Landing Page
5

Simple Machines Forum

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!
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 4 social mentions
FluxBB Landing Page
6

FluxBB

FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 3 social mentions
PunBB Landing Page
7

PunBB

PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform
PHPBack Landing Page
8

PHPBack

Open source customer feedback software
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Help Desk #Customer Support #Forums And Forum Software
BuddyPress Landing Page
9

BuddyPress

WordPress social networking in a box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Social Networks #Project Management 15 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
10

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
FlaskBB Landing Page
11

FlaskBB

FlaskBB is a fast, simple and extensible forum software built using Python/Flask.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 1 social mentions
X (Twitter) Landing Page

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X (Twitter)

Connect with your friends and other fascinating people. Get in-the-moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, in real time, from every angle.

#Social Networks #Social Network #Microblogging 883 social mentions