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Free open source forum application that is designed to be fast and user friendly. Utilizes FluxBB code written in PHP with stability and security in mind. Actively developed forum software for the forum driven community.
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Small yet feature rich software that allows the ability to quickly and easily start a forum. Offers flexibility and ability to customize the forum in various aspects. Allows for the ease of use for theme and overall forum customization.
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Bulletin board system developed by the MyBB Group. Offers standard discussion board structure for those familiar with BB related forums. Allows for plugins, caching, and a template based theme design.
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A simple PHP and MySQL based internet forum. This software displays messages in a classic threaded structure (tree style). This is an older style of forum software from the days of BBS forums.
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Lightweight PHP forum with all the features that you need to grow and support a forum based community. XMB is designed to be easy to setup, customize and enhance with various customizations for your forum.
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An open-source, standards compliant, customizable discussion board. Specifically made to grow through SEO, built with customizable social tools for a great user experience. Vanilla assists with integration to seamlessly integrate with your existing blog, website or custom-built application.
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vBulletin is a modern forum software that represents itself as easy to use and intelligent with built-in blog software to operate as a central website. Commonly used for communities and discussion groups for different subjects.
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A leading online collaborative genealogy application. Used with PHP and MySQL to allow compatibility with every major desktop application. Aims to be efficient by working with standard GEDCOM files and providing the right combination of third party tools and open standards. Webtrees is there to be simple, free and easy to use.
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An easy online tool, designed for creating reliable, efficient and aesthetically pleasing web forms in an instant. No technical skill required. Generates the HTML code and the form code to be easily inserted into any website.
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An PHP/MySQL script that allows a user-friendly interface in which to easily manage form submission data by providing a wealth of tools that allow the manipulation of your data however you need it. Form Tools can assist with any form regardless of platform -- HTML, Flash, Silverlight, and more!
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Invision Board is a modern forum software that represents itself as flexible, easy to use and innovational for forums, ecommerce, CMS, file sharing and much more. Invision is a robust software with many different use cases.
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Though total global numbers are down from a couple of years ago, forums are now consolidating, so that the more popular ones are growing, while the less popular ones are closing up shop. In fact, the largest online forums have millions of users, millions of monthly visits and more discussions than you could possibly keep up with - and there are many forums that fit this description.
With almost 20 different forum apps to choose from, each of which with thousands of sites running it already, we're confident you'll find one that suits your needs. phpBB, SMF and MyBB are some of the more popular open source choices, available to install with just one click. You can try one, or all, and find the forum software that fits your needs.
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At KnownHost, we don't sell any customers junk, just so we can mark up our plans and sell a 50x faster alternative. Doesn't that sound questionable to you? Instead, we offer an amazing value offering at the low price point, so you can get inexpensive managed forum hosting without spending an arm and leg. Then, as your site grows, and you need more resources to handle the load, you can easily upgrade to the perfect plan that suits. HOWEVER - our inexpensive forum hosting is plenty fast enough. We'll put it head to head with anything you'll find elsewhere 10x, 20x, 30x or 50x. All our plans are fast.
Running a forum, just like a business, is a big job and makes huge demands on your time. Choosing managed hosting for your forum is one way to ensure that your time is available to do what you do best, rather than spent dealing with technical issues. Also, managed forum hosting means that you've got a team who have handled migrations, putting backups in place and dealt with all manner of things proactively, instead of just giving you a login and wishing you good luck, like so many unmanaged hosts.