
YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF) is a Open Source discussion forum or bulletin board system for web sites running ASP.NET. The latest version is ASP.NET v2.0 with a Microsoft SQL Server backend. The full C# source code is available licensed as GPL.


PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. Its primary goals are to be faster, smaller and less graphically intensive as compared to other discussion boards.




MyTopix is a discussion forum poised to compete with some of the other players in the bulletin board market. It has all the features you need to get a community up and started quick and nothing that you don’t.




Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum software. It is extremely lightweight at only 386k! A perfect solution for a simple forum.




bbPress comes from the creators of Wordpress, it is forum software with a focus on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed.




phpBB was launched in 2000 and has become one of the standard Open Source forums used worlwide. It has a large and highly customisable set of key features coupled with a standards compliant interface.



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