| PunBB
PunBB is designed to be a very light-weight and fast script for setting up of Bulletin Boards. The main advantage of this script is it uses very little resources because it is less graphic intensive and has less features than other scripts. However having less features does not mean it is not powerful. You can add new features onto PunBB through third party modifications. Support and any discussion is provided in the forums. Since PunBB is free and doesn't have any commerical activities, donations are the only source of funds for PunBB. Please donate if you can.
http://www.punbb.org/ [ PunBB ]
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| Phorum Forum
Phorum is designed to be a fast and powerful script for forums. This open source software has all the basic features for a forum and you can add more modules (or modifications) if needed. It uses a unique hook system which makes adding module easy. Phorum is based on PHP and uses MySQL as their backend database. It also provides support for different languages. Phorum uses templates which allows the site to be designed the way the owner wants it to look like. Support for this script is through their forums or IRC (Chat).
http://www.phorum.org/ [ Phorum Forum ]
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| Simple Machines
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a powerful forum script available for the masses. It is lightweight and doesn't use up a lot of resources. Although it is not open source, it is still available for free. SMF allows users to integrate this forum with their own website through SSI (Server Side Includes) making it one of the most flexible forum script ever. You can easily design your own template. This script is writen in PHP and makes use of MySQL for it's database. Yo can access their forum for any discussion on this script.
http://www.simplemachines.org/ [ Simple Machines ]
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| Vanilla
Vanilla is a open source forum script with a difference. Instead of viewing the forum as it is, you can visit the forum and only see the discussions that have not been read or if there have been new additions to the discussion. However, Vanilla still remains as powerful and rich in features as most of the forum scripts available out there. You can do advanced searches, have a customized account preference and so on. In addition, you can add in more modifications to the script. Vanilla is written in PHP and uses MySQL as their backend database.
http://getvanilla.com/ [ Vanilla ]
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| MyBB
MyBB is an free forum script. This software is powerful and has tons of features users will love. MyBB has a complete set of features for anyone to use it right out of the box. The control panel is intuitive enough even for the beginner to use and administrate his/her board. Writen in PHP and uses MySQL as their backend, MyBB can be easily customized if so wished. There are many styles available for download. MyBB provides support through IRC or through the forums. You can get paid support for this script as well.
http://www.mybboard.com/ [ MyBB ]
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| XMB Software
XMB(or Extreme Message Board) is a free forum script designed for the user in mind. This script is constantly being updated and developed to ensure the highest security and quality. XMB is one of the most features rich forum script on the Internet. They have a mod team to help create mods for this script. XMB also provides webhosting and email hosting services. Direct support is provided by email or through the PM system. Other supports will be through their very active forum. Here anyone can discussion on every aspect of the XMB forum.
http://www.xmbforum.com/ [ XMB Software ]
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| PhpBB
PhpBB is a very popular forum script. It is feature rich, very powerful and very customizable piece of open source script. It makes use of PHP and a variety of databases for it's backend. And if you are looking for modifications and styles, they have plenty. And with a user friendly administration interface, configuring this forum is easy. The phpBB community is also one of the largest online community on the Internet. The developers of this script is constantly adding and improving it's features set.
http://www.phpbb.com/ [ PhpBB ]
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