On Zybez Forums, we were using IP.Board since forever. I think we were one of the first to ever use that software starting in 2002. But it costs money and I wanted to use a free option for this forum.
The criteria was:
- Has to look like a classic forum. None of that fancy, modern stuff with hashtags and whatnot.
- Has to be simple and easy: both for users and for installing/admin.
- Has to be free.
- Has to be in active development with recent security fixes - so we don't get hacked.
I narrowed it down to phpBB and myBB. phpBB is ancient and somehow still free and somehow still in development. But the development is slow and their code is bogged down with relics that they refuse to update. I tried it out. It was alright. Not as good as IP.Board but still hit all the criteria. Then I came across myBB and upon installing it, it was immediately obvious which forum software was the winner here. It isn't as good as IP.Board but it is pretty damn close. In fact, I like how solid and clean it looks. The admin panel is nice too. A big plus: myBB is in active development and then upon closer inspection I realized that I've known about this software from back in 2002 when it was called MyBulletinBoard.
Anyways, if you're looking for a free forum software, I'd recommend this.
Also, how many of y'all recognize the logo at the top? I made it years ago in the same app as my avatar: PaintShopPro. When I made my avatar, it was actually in a hurry just because I wanted to upload one (I had just found out what an avatar was). I think it took me less than a minute and I've used it since 2001. :-D
The criteria was:
- Has to look like a classic forum. None of that fancy, modern stuff with hashtags and whatnot.
- Has to be simple and easy: both for users and for installing/admin.
- Has to be free.
- Has to be in active development with recent security fixes - so we don't get hacked.
I narrowed it down to phpBB and myBB. phpBB is ancient and somehow still free and somehow still in development. But the development is slow and their code is bogged down with relics that they refuse to update. I tried it out. It was alright. Not as good as IP.Board but still hit all the criteria. Then I came across myBB and upon installing it, it was immediately obvious which forum software was the winner here. It isn't as good as IP.Board but it is pretty damn close. In fact, I like how solid and clean it looks. The admin panel is nice too. A big plus: myBB is in active development and then upon closer inspection I realized that I've known about this software from back in 2002 when it was called MyBulletinBoard.
Anyways, if you're looking for a free forum software, I'd recommend this.
Also, how many of y'all recognize the logo at the top? I made it years ago in the same app as my avatar: PaintShopPro. When I made my avatar, it was actually in a hurry just because I wanted to upload one (I had just found out what an avatar was). I think it took me less than a minute and I've used it since 2001. :-D