Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to Vanilla

Product categories

Community Management Community Platform Customer Support Forums Forums And Forum Software Help Desk Social Networks

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Vanilla are Flarum, Discourse, and NodeBB. 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.

Flarum Landing Page
1

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
Discourse Landing Page
2

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
NodeBB Landing Page
3

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
phpBB Landing Page
4

phpBB

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.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 2 social mentions
MyBB Landing Page
5

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
Simple Machines Forum Landing Page
6

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
7

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
8

PunBB

PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform
PHPBack Landing Page
9

PHPBack

Open source customer feedback software
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Help Desk #Customer Support #Forums And Forum Software
Forem Landing Page
10

Forem

The reason you joined the Internet. Forem provides open-source tools to help you host a thriving, focused, and adaptable community.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums #Community Platform #Forums And Forum Software 10 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