Forum Scripts
PunBB
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are to be faster, smaller and less graphically intensive as compared to other discussion boards. PunBB has fewer features than similar software, but is generally faster and outputs smaller, semantically correct XHTML and CSS [...]
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Vanilla is a lightweight and extensible free/open source forum application developed by Mark O’Sullivan using the PHP scripting language and MySQL database management system. History Vanilla grew from the software used by Mark O’Sullivan to run a private forum called “o8″. When the private forum was shut down, users petitioned O’Sullivan to release the software [...]
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PHPwnage is an open-source internet forum written in PHP which uses MySQL for database storage. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 and contains third-party libraries under the LGPL and other open-source licenses. Development Development of PHPwnage started in early 2007. The original goal of the project was to create a [...]
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Quicksilver Forums, or QSF, is a bulletin board system written in PHP and MySQL. It uses Object-oriented programming and is optimized for speed. QSF checks all inputs though a common interface which drastically reduces the chances of exploitable bugs. The system also allows customizable templates. Advanced permissions system allows for fine-grained group and user permissions. [...]
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phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name “phpBB” is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. Available under the GNU General Public License, phpBB is free software. History phpBB was started by James Atkinson as a simple UBB-like forum for his own website on June 17, 2000. Nathan [...]
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UseBB is an open source forum system written in the PHP 4 scripting language and using the database management system MySQL to store dynamic content. It is being distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is meant as a light package for small to mid-sized websites. In opposition to most other packages, the feature [...]
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Simple Machines Forum (abbreviated as SMF) is a freeware Internet forum application. The software is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database backend, although multi-database support is being developed for version 2.0. SMF is developed by the Simple Machines development team. History SMF was created to replace the forum software YaBB SE, which at [...]
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(Redirected from MyBB) MyBB is a free bulletin board system software package developed by the MyBB Group. It is written in PHP and licensed as free software under the GNU General Public License. History Years ago, Chris Boulton, web34rk and b0ndman started developing XMB. After some time, web34rk and b0ndman left the team and Chris [...]
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miniBB stands for “mini bulletin board”, a fast and lightweight PHP-powered flat-type free open source discussion board software. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are being user-friendly, fast and not overwhelmed by a large number rarely used features as compared to other discussion board software. miniBB can be used [...]
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The MercuryBoard bulletin board system written in PHP and MySQL. It’s object oriented, multi-lingual and uses detailed groups and/or user permissions. It has appealed to those with limited resources or those interested in doing customizations to the code. This is because it takes advantage of the speed MySQL can bring as well as being clear, [...]
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