Best free open source forum scripts 2011
Today we will list all the popular OS Forum scripts, Below are the list, details and download links. There are hundreds of forum scripts on the web to choose from, to make your work easier, we have reduced the list to a more shorter one. This should give you the freedom to choose from the top 21 forum scripts.
- PhpBB
- MyBB
- Drupal
- bbPress
- Vanilla
- SEO-Board
- FUDForum
- PunBB
- FluxBB
- Beehive Forum
- IceBB
- MiniBB
- Phorum
- Simple Machines
- Extreme Message Board
- Advanced Electron Forum
- Quicksilver Forums
- UseBB
- Unclassified Newsboard
- JForum
- JavaBB
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name “phpBB” is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. Available under the GNU General Public License, phpBB is free software.
Download: http://www.phpbb.com
MyBB is a free bulletin board system software package developed by the MyBB Group. It is written in PHP and licensed as free software under the GNU General Public License.
Download: http://www.mybboard.net
Drupal is a free and open source ContentDrupal (pronounced /ˈdruːpəl/) is a free and open source[1] Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.[2][3] It is used as a back-end system for many different types of websites, ranging from small personal blogs to Enterprise 2.0 collaboration and knowledge management uses to large corporate and political sites.[4] High-traffic Drupal-based websites include ubuntu.com and seobook.com.[5] In October 2009, the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama adopted Drupal for the official Whitehouse.gov website
Download: http://drupal.org
bbPress is an open source light weight internet forum package, created by Automattic, the same company that created WordPress. It is designed to be powerful, fast, and easy to use.
Download: http://bbpress.org
Vanilla is a lightweight and extensible free/open source forum application developed by Mark O’Sullivan using the PHP scripting language and MySQL database management system
Download: http://vanillaforums.org
SEO-Board: A fast, and search engine friendly forum software written in PHP/MySQL. [Open source]
Download: http://www.seo-board.com
FUDForum: Fast Uncompromising Discussions
Download: http://fudforum.org
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License.
Download: http://punbb.informer.com
FluxBB: Forum software forked by four developers of PunBB that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite and produces valid XHTML [Open source, GPL]
Download: http://fluxbb.org
Beehive Forum: PHP/MySQL Discussion Forum with frames-based layout, reply-to-user, e-mail notification, HTML-posting, signatures, friends & killfiles
Download: http://beehiveforum.sourceforge.net
IceBB is a powerful, fast, free, open-source forum solution powered by the free PHP and MySQL
Download: http://icebb.net
MiniBB: miniBB stands for “mini bulletin board”, a fast and lightweight PHP-powered flat-type free open source discussion board
Download:http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=117
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.
Download: http://www.phorum.org
Simple MachinesA community software package with themes, fast message database, secure file-attaching system, and mod installation manager. [Freeware]
Download: http://www.simplemachines.org
XMB eXtreme Message Board – PHP Forum Software
Download: http://www.xmbforum.com
AEF: The full name of AEF is Advanced Electron Forum
Download: http://www.anelectron.com
Quicksilver Forums is a fast, secure, powerful PHP/MySQL based forum script. Features a robust 3D permission system and complete HTML
Download: http://www.quicksilverforums.com
UseBB is a free and effective PHP/MySQL bulletin board package
Download:http://www.usebb.net/
Unclassified NewsBoard Forum
Download: http://newsboard.unclassified.de
JForum is a powerful and robust discussion board system implemented in Javatm. It provides an attractive interface, an efficient forum engine
Download: http://jforum.net
JavaBB.org – Your Bulletin Board Forum Based
Download: http://www.javabb.org
Review Each of the Forums from the websites and make your choice, each of the scripts are very nicely coded and we should be thankful to them for realasing it Open source. But thats the beauty we have the choice when there are so many !
Best 6 are: SMF, PHPBB, MYBB, Vanilla, FUD Forum, JAVABB. If you have are planning to go for a paid or premium forum script, i will say hands down vBulletin is the best due to a large number of reasons. We use vBulletin.
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Cheers, Josh
I was always hesitant to use the free scripts because I had heard that they are easier to hack. Not sure that is so true because my vbulletin forum has been hacked a few times as well.
Elisha,
Hackers are unstoppable unless your web server is hack proof. The major entry points are not because of vBulletin or other scripts, its basically because using a shared server. Even if you are perfect, a loop hole into the server root by another shared website will compromise your content as well. So security is all about knowing what to do and where..
cheers
Josh
I have just registered a domain name for an internet marketing forum.
I will love to know if it is easy to migrate from SMF to Vbulletin as I want to start with a free script till the forum grows.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Dear Roy,
My answer is Hell Yes! Its easy and sure possible. The below two articles will teach and tell you how i migrated it from PHPBB to vBulletin http://orangecopper.com/blog/phpbb-to-vbulletin-m… http://orangecopper.com/blog/announcement-we-have…
Hope this helps you.
regards, Josh
Thank you for your reply. I have sent you an email using "admin". Kindly check it and get back to me.
Thank you
Roy!
Dear Roy,
I guess that Email is gone somewhere else, Not received it.
email me at joshuthomas at gmail . com and I shall get back to you..
cheers
Josh
The url you provided has refused to open.
Which link are you referring to? All the links seems to work for me on this page..
cheers
Josh
I am looking for a forum template with scripts integrated.
SFM is the best if you want a free one. If you have some money, I will suggest you go for vbullatin.
Cheers!
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miniBB excellent free script
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