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What's your favorite forum software?

Smf. I like it because it's easy to understand and work

I like Xenforo and phpBB.

This forum uses phpBB but this forum uses a paid theme.

XenForo. For it's flaws it remains the best available option on the market right now.

I like all the popular free and paid stuff I've used as an admin or user. However, though, I see major problems with some, despite my love for them. For instance, MyBB has big problems with MyAlerts and that extention is very vital to a forum.

PhpBB for me. Used it for years and years.

These days, it's XenForo

vBulletin 6+ would be a second. They're actually doing fairly well with vB6

Megan wrote: ↑November 2nd, 2025, 2:54 pm PhpBB for me. Used it for years and years.

I'm into phpBB at the moment and use it for my two forums. Before I was mostly into XenForo. Anyway, though, I've used all the popular free forum software minus WordForo and bbPress. I've only used XenForo for premium software.

Jason wrote: ↑November 4th, 2025, 10:44 pm

Megan wrote: ↑November 2nd, 2025, 2:54 pm PhpBB for me. Used it for years and years.

I'm into phpBB at the moment and use it for my two forums. Before I was mostly into XenForo. Anyway, though, I've used all the popular free forum software minus WordForo and bbPress. I've only used XenForo for premium software.

I had one forum before my current for a brief time. It was for a story of mine at the time. Can’t even remember what software it even was.

I once considered switching to MyBB but stuck with phpBB in the end.

For free software SMF is my favorite, for paid I like Woltlab Suite. I also like Invision but it's so expensive lol.