The Best 47 PlushForums Alternatives

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    phpBB

    Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux PHP

  • BuddyPress icon

    BuddyPress

    Social networking in a box. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted Wordpress

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    Simple Machines Forum

    Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

  • MyBB icon

    MyBB

    MyBB is the free and open source, intuitive, extensible, and incredibly powerful forum software you've been looking for.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

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    vBulletin

    vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum software produced by Jelsoft Enterprises. It is written in PHP using a MySQL database server.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone PHP

  • Vanilla icon

    Vanilla

    Vanilla provides a standards-compliant, multi-lingual, theme-able and pluggablecommunity forum software that powers discussion forums on 800,000 sites.

    Freemium Web Self-Hosted

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    FluxBB

    FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website. FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • bbPress icon

    bbPress

    bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress. Its focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed.

    Free Open Source Web

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    XenForo

    A compelling community experience. Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast. XenForo brings a fresh outlook to forum software.

    Commercial Windows Linux Web

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    IP.Board

    Invision Power Board (abbreviated IPB, IP.Board or IP Board) is an Internet forum software produced by Invision Power Services, Inc.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • WoltLab Suite icon

    WoltLab Suite

    WoltLab Suite (formerly Burning Board) is an enterprise grade CMS built for communities and forums.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted PHP MySQL Community Edition

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    Hoop.la

    Hoop.la is a customizable and easy-to-use Enterprise social community. As a SaaS, there's no coding, it just works. Easily collaborate and communicate with fans, volunteers, constituents, customers, employees, and influencers.

    Commercial Web

  • EasySocial icon

    EasySocial

    Social Network For Joomla to grow your communities with the least time.

    Commercial Web Joomla

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    SocialGO

    SocialGO allows you to build a custom social network, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned developer. No software, hosting or coding required, as our team offers...

    Commercial