Best free forum?

What is it. I have used SMF forum in the past and it's alright. Anything better. I love the look of VBulletin but my wallet does not. I know their are going to be different opinions but what do you guys think?
Thanks,
Noc

 

i think u should try phpBB. Its free & easy to understand

 

Yea, my vote is also for PhpBB. Its great.

 

My vote goes to PHPBB3.... It has a lot of features and lots of FREE themes that you could just find over the net.

 

my vote goes for mybb. It's easier to install mods, when you have a plug-in system

 

I fully Agree with it.

 

I agree with it too, I just didn't want to quote it again

Though, once you get a free forum set up, ask for donations to get a paid alternative. My vB forum is nearly 100% paid for by it's members...

 

I will always stick to SMF as the best forum software. phpBB is always vulnerable to SPAM bots. I've tried the two. SMF is the most secure forum software.

 

Like it was advised earlier, phpBB.

 

I would stick with SMF, it i easy to use and, has amazing mods. phpBB is good to, but it i a lot harder to install mods on.

 

http://getvanilla.com/ Fastest, cleanest, extensible , configurable, designable forum available. I can't fathom why more people don't use this. It is a much better way of thinking about community discussion. I am guessing because it does not look like vb out of the box alot of people get scared. It frankly smokes everything else if you spend a few hours configuring it to your liking.

Nigel

 

I think it's SMF They are secure and they are very easy when installing Updates, they are light weight and you will need less support for a SMF forum than PHPBB

 

No doubt that SMF is cool Freeware, But I personally don't like its ugly user & Admin interface

It has a lot of Good Mods & skins as well as its secure too, but due to its interface, I don't use it

1thing more, Mods are easy to install with Default skin, but mostly mods do not work other custom installed skin. You need to pay or request to mod owner for custom skins

 

If you have a good knowledge in adding mods with Phpbb - Then it is THE best.

 

I think phpbb3 is the best, i even like its design better than vbulletin

 

My vote would go for the phpBBv3 platform.

 

MyBB, TBH I really hate PHPBB. MyBB has a lot of features that vBulletin has too.

 

I think one of the most interesting free forums is Vanllia (getvanilla.com). It takes a different approach to the traditional forum.

 

my sugg is smf.