Forums

Here I will layout different forums, and the ones I have used and ones I currently use.

Forums I use

• Flarum (https://flarum.org/) 
  • I still use at Tech Talk Forum

I used to use:

• Simple Machines (https://www.simplemachines.org/)
  • I think it was for an old domain and it was called a tech forum.

Open Source Forums

• bbPress (https://bbpress.org/)
• Discourse (https://www.discourse.org/)
• ElkArte (https://www.elkarte.net/)
• Flarum (https://flarum.org/)
• FlashBB (https://flaskbb.org/)
• FluxBB (https://fluxbb.org/)
• miniBB (https://www.minibb.com/)
• MyBB (https://mybb.com/)
• NodeBB (https://nodebb.org/)
• Phorum (https://www.phorum.org/)
• phpBB (https://www.phpbb.com/)
• PunBB (https://punbb.informer.com/)
• Simple Machines (https://www.simplemachines.org/)
• Vanilla Forums (https://vanillaforums.com/en/software/)
  • PHP 7.1 or higher on Version 3.3, which as of writing was launched on October 2019

Comparisons

Information updated as of August 27th 2020

Name	License	Free Open Source?	Paid Pricing	Version	Last Update	Language
bbPress	GPL	✅	❌	3.3v2.6.5	2020-05	Wordpress Plugin
Discourse	GPL	✅	$100/mo	v2.5.1	2020-08	Ruby => 2.5.2
ElkArte	BSD	✅	❌	v1.1.6	2019-07	PHP => 7.1
Flarum		✅
FlashBB		✅
FluxBB		✅
miniBB		✅
MyBB		✅
NodeBB		✅
Phorum		✅
phpBB		✅
PunBB		✅
Simple Machines		✅
Vanilla Forums	GPLv2	✅	Contact for pricingthem	3.3	2019-10	PHP => 7.1