Which forum software should I use?

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    I'm thinking about making a web forum and was wondering which forum software I should to run it. I am looking for something sleek and modern with lots of features. It also needs to be free.
    I have found that Discourse and NodeBB might be what I'm looking but I am not sure which one is better or if there is something else out there that is even better.
    If you have any comments on either of these or have another suggestion, let me know.
     
    ajstetson17, Oct 28, 2015 IP
  2. abdul motin

    abdul motin Greenhorn

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    acutally I do not forum software , use mozila firefox
     
    abdul motin, Oct 28, 2015 IP
  3. lentak

    lentak Well-Known Member

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    #3
    have you heard about bbPress? :)
     
    lentak, Nov 6, 2015 IP
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    cm2010 Well-Known Member

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    VB and xenforo are the best, look both of their admin demo from their site and find out which one is best for you.
     
    cm2010, Nov 27, 2015 IP
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    Webcenter Well-Known Member

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    Xenforo is the best, even DP use it.
     
    Webcenter, Nov 27, 2015 IP
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    rsrikanth05 Well-Known Member

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    If you're looking for a paid one, I would suggest having a look at Woltlab Burning Board.
    Since you have stated that you're looking at a free one, here are my recommendations:
    Simple Machines, phpBB or bbPress.
    It's been a while since I touched SMF.
    bbPress is a Wordpress product. If you've used WP, you'll enjoy this.
     
    rsrikanth05, Nov 29, 2015 IP
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    Atikur Active Member

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    V bulletin is best I think.
     
    Atikur, Nov 29, 2015 IP
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    rsrikanth05 Well-Known Member

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    All those suggesting vB and XF, the OP clearly asked for a free solution.
     
    rsrikanth05, Nov 29, 2015 IP
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    redesignunit@gmail.com Banned

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    xenforo best of the best for forum and in free version mybb is the best.
     
    redesignunit@gmail.com, Nov 29, 2015 IP
  10. shakiba.proba

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    5 Most Popular Forum Scripts
    1.vBulletin
    2. Invision Power Board
    3. phpBB
    4. Simple Machines Forum
    5.bbPress
     
    shakiba.proba, Dec 6, 2015 IP
  11. mohsin qureshi

    mohsin qureshi Active Member

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    Hello, xenforo, PHPBB are much better then the others, but you have some more choices:

    1. Codoforum (php, free)
    Modern and Out standing with rich content support, It is still a very new forum.

    2. IP.Board (php, commercial)
    Modern, flexible, Requires core package which is very expensive.

    3. SMF (php, free and open source)
    Great mods, and a great community, its can be hard to customize if you aren't used to the admin interface.
     
    mohsin qureshi, Dec 6, 2015 IP
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    I would probably choose NodeBB
     
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  13. Mike Lee

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    If you need free forum software, I would suggest the following:

    1. Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
    2. phpBB
    3. WordPress with bbPress
    4. Joomla with Kunena
    5. Discuz (English Version)

    Paid forum software I would suggest:

    1. Xenforo - DigitalPoint is using it
    2. vBulletin
    3. IP Board
     
    Mike Lee, Aug 30, 2016 IP
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    For paid software I recommend VBulletin or XenForo. For Free I highly recommend MYBB one of the best free forum software.
     
    iwebsocial, Sep 4, 2016 IP