22 OpenSource Forum Scripts – Details and Download: update list

Today we will list all the popular OS Forum scripts, Below are the list, details and download links.

1. PhpBB
2. MyBB
3. Drupal
4. bbPress
5. Vanilla
6. SEO-Board
7. FUDForum
8. PunBB
9. FluxBB
10. Beehive Forum
11. IceBB
12. MiniBB
13. Phorum
14. Simple Machines
15. Extreme Message Board
16. Advanced Electron Forum
17. Quicksilver Forums
18. UseBB
19. Unclassified Newsboard
20. JForum
21. 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 /?dru?p?l/) 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,

About the Author Joshu Thomas, Orangecopper.com (About Joshu)

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83 Responses to “22 OpenSource Forum Scripts – Details and Download: update list”

1. PGWallace says:

   September 12, 2010 at 8:44 am

   Sweet site, I hadn’t noticed orangecopper.com before till my associate told me about it.
   Keep up the great work! I will be contributing more at orangecopper.com

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   -PGWallace

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   • admin says:

     September 16, 2010 at 10:44 pm

     Thankyou WAllace !!

     cheers
     Josh

     Reply
2. TibiaFamMar says:

   October 14, 2010 at 4:23 pm

   hello

   just signed up and wanted to say hello while I read through the posts

   hopefully this is just what im looking for looks like i have a lot to read.

   P.s why are all the good usernames taken now a days ?

   Reply
3. admin says:

   October 14, 2010 at 4:28 pm

   he he he nice question, yeah usernames are a big problem on the internet lol

   cheers
   Josh

   Reply
4. Terrebenthx says:

   October 20, 2010 at 5:19 pm

   Hello hello

   I’m new…Nice forum !

   My name is Luc, 24 years old (French).

   Nice to meet you !

   Reply
   • admin says:

     October 22, 2010 at 7:58 pm

     nice to meet you too..thank you for your kind words !!

     cheers, Joshu

     Reply
5. Agnus Highnote says:

   October 16, 2011 at 8:02 pm

   ?»?So I shouldn’t be doing the Twist any more? Do I owe back royalties? The first thing we do, let’s kill all the choreographers.

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8. Real Estate Agent Dubai says:

   January 13, 2012 at 11:06 am

   I think it is best Forum script. I am really happy with your post.

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9. Sonu says:

   April 9, 2012 at 12:57 pm

   Nice List,but I like PunBB most.It looks great!

   Reply