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bbPress is forum software from the creators of WordPress. With bbPress you can quickly setup a forum for asyncronous discussion and subscriptions for your WordPress-powered site.

One of the world most popular, free, open-source and self-hosted forum software, written in PHP. With phpBB you can create communities that can be hosted with most hosting providers. The software package is built and designed from the ground up to to be extensible and provides customization option through themes and feature extensions through plugins. The extensive database of user-created extensions and styles database, easy of use, and the simple installation process has made phpBB a common choice among self-hosted forums and communities.

Create an online community that your customers will love. Vanilla's forum software is used by top brands to engage customers, drive loyalty and reduce support costs. The software is provided free and open-source as a self-hosted solution and can be bought by businesses and enterprises as a managed and hosted solution.

A free and open-source modern forum software written in PHP. With Flarum you can eaisly setup your own discussion froum and host it online.

Discourse is an open source internet forum and mailing list software. The application is written with Ember.js and Ruby on Rails, and can be self-hosted in the cloud or on local hardware for free. Discourse also provides managed hosting starting at $100/month, so that you can focus on building a community rather than installing software and managing servers.

bbPress is forum software from the creators of WordPress. With bbPress you can quickly setup a forum for asyncronous discussion and subscriptions for your WordPress-powered site.