Directory of Forums Resources

Home > Computers > Programming > Languages > PHP > Scripts > Forums

Discussion Boards, Bulletin Board Message Systems, Message Forums allowing for threaded discussions

Subcategories

• Invision Power Board
• MyBB
• Woltlab Burning Board
• phpBB
• vBulletin

Resources in This Category

• bbPress

  http://bbpress.org/
  Template-driven PHP/MySQL forum software developed by the creators of WordPress. [Open source, GPL]

• ccForum

  http://ccforum.sourceforge.net/
  A simple, easy to use message board system. It supports single or multiple forums, user registration and anonymous posting, and forum administrators. ccForum is written in PHP and is based on a MySQL database. [Open source, GPL]

• FluxBB

  http://fluxbb.org/
  Forum software forked by four developers of PunBB that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite and produces valid XHTML [Open source, GPL]

• FUDforum

  http://fudforum.org/
  PHP forum system with MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite backend that supports USENET and email list archiving. [Open source, GPL]

• FunkBoard

  http://www.funkboard.co.uk/
  A multi-thread customisable bulletin board messaging system. It uses PHP and either MySQL or PostgreSQL database. [Freeware]

• HaveFnuBB

  https://github.com/havefnubb/havefnubb
  Extensible forum software built on Jelix framework that offers 960gs-based templates. [Open source, GPL]

• miniBB

  http://www.minibb.com/
  Presents features, and requirements of the free bulletin board application with demo, downloads, manual and community forum. Premium extensions and service also available.

• Phorum

  http://www.phorum.org/
  A free threaded, web-based bulletin board system written in PHP with a variety of backend database option available.

• PHP/XML Forum

  http://outer-court.com/tech/forum.htm
  A free thread-oriented, XML-based news forum. No database required.

• Prattle

  http://prattle.sourceforge.net/
  A message board system implementing a clean linear model. [Open source, GPL]

• PunBB

  http://punbb.informer.com/
  Aims to be a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. Licensed under GNU GPL.

• SMF

  http://www.simplemachines.org/
  A community software package with themes, fast message database, secure file-attaching system, and mod installation manager. [Open source, BSD license]

• SonicBB

  http://www.iscripts.com/sonicbb/
  Free open source PHP/MySQL bulletin board software

• SowiBB

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/sowibb/
  Forum software written in PHP with a MySQL backend.

• Transverse Styles

  http://www.transversestyles.com/
  Provides Invision Power Board skins and vBulletin styles. All skins and styles are packaged with fixed and fluid configurations. [Commercial]

• UBBThreads

  http://www.ubbcentral.com/
  Threaded or linear viewing of posts, address books, CSS compatible, session or cookie based, moderators, multi-language support, private forums, profanity filter, and user pictures. [Commercial]

• Unclassified NewsBoard

  http://newsboard.unclassified.de/
  Unicode-supporting PHP/MySQL forum software that produces standard XHTML and CSS. [Open source, GPL]

• UseBB

  http://www.usebb.net/
  A PHP/MySQL bulletin board package designed for small to medium sized web sites. [Open source, GPL]

• Vanilla

  http://vanillaforums.org/
  PHP/MySQL forum software with multilingual support and more than 100 plug-ins. [Open source, GPL]

• Virtual Forums

  http://virtualforums.co.uk/
  PHP/MySQL forum software that's hosted remotely and customizable.

• W-Agora

  http://www.w-agora.net/
  Free forum written in PHP. It has also a guestbook, a download area, a photo gallery and a news publisher feature. It uses MySql as database.

• WMForum

  http://wmforum.lehed.com/
  A very simple discussion board program written in PHP. It doesn't use any SQL database.

• WowBB

  http://www.wowbb.com/
  Offers features such as auto install/upgrade, a WYSIWYG editor with integrated spell-checker, auto time zone detection and smart caching. Requires PHP and MySQL.

• WSN Forum

  http://scripts.webmastersite.net/wsnforum/
  Fully customizable, extensible and translateable PHP/MySQL forum script. [Commercial]

• XMB

  http://www.xmbforum2.com/
  PHP/MySQL forum software that supports themes, BB code, and instant messaging. [Open source, GPL]

Related Categories

• Home > Computers > Software > Internet > Servers > Message Boards

Other Languages

• Russian
• German
• French
• Turkish

 

Home > Computers > Programming > Languages > PHP > Scripts > Forums

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us