Forum Software

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This is a working list of forum software. Requirements and software support is being added.

Table of contents

1 Java-based 2 Microsoft/ASP-based 3 Perl-based 4 PHP-based 5 Ruby-based

Java-based

Free

• JForum (http://www.jforum.net/) (BSD Open Source license)

Microsoft/ASP-based

Free

• Snitz Forums 2000 (http://forum.snitz.com/) RDBMS (MS Access 97, 2000, 2002; MS SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000; MySQL 3.22, 3.23)

Commercial

• WebBoard (http://webboard.oreilly.com/) RDBMS (MSDE (included), MS SQL Server 2000 or later)

Perl-based

Free

• E-Blah (http://www.eblah.com/)
• mwForum (http://www.mwforum.org/): GPL, RDBMS (MySQL, PosgreSQL, SQLite), mod_perl (1.0, 2.0)
• YaBB (http://www.yabbforum.com/)

Commercial

• Gollsamer Forum (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/gforum/index.htm) (free for non-commercial use): RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL 7/2000)
• UBB.classic (http://www.ubbcentral.com/)

PHP-based

Free

• IceBB (http://www.icebb.net/)
• Ikonboard (http://www.ikonboard.com/)
• MyBB (http://www.mybboard.com/)
• phpBB (http://www.phpbb.org)
• PunBB (http://www.punbb.org/)
• Simple Machines Forum (SMF) (http://www.simplemachines.org): RDBMS (MySQL)
• UseBB (http://www.usebb.net/)
• YaBB SE (http://www.yabbse.org) Discontinued. Group now maintains SMF

Commercial

• FusionBB (http://www.fusionbb.com/)
• Invision Power Board (http://www.invisionpower.com/ip.dynamic/products/board/index.html)
• UBB.threads (http://www.ubbcentral.com/)
• vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com)

Ruby-based

Free

• RForum (http://rforum.andreas-s.net/trac/)