Forum software

[chris414]

I am currently making a website that will function similarly to a forum, but am a little confused as to which forum software is best (I plan on modifying a forum-type website to fit what i want). Most importantly I will need to be able to modify the forum's code quite a lot, and if the software was open source / free it would be nice too Should I look out for forum software written in a specific language? Are there any suggestions out there of good forum software I can download and check out?

 

[Kloon]

http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/show.php?catid=5&cat=Forums

 

[w1z4rd]

vbulletin is the best product on the market but you have to pay for it.

phpbb is the best Open source (free) product on the market.

 

[paulka007]

http://www.simplemachines.org/ SMF is pretty good, I'm not sure how lenient they are with changing code though.

http://www.phpbb.com/ Is probably your best option for open source forum software. Well supported too.

 

[ColinR]

I use http://www.mybboard.net, and have had no issues with it. I have also integrated it into my normal user login on the site as well. Lots of themes and plugins available too; inlcluding a vBulletin look alike theme

 

[semaphore]

xmb http://www.xmbforum.com/