7 Perl Free PHP Forums Appliances
Here are 7 Perl, open-source & free forum Appliances, where most of them are built with PHP, that you may consider using. They can be easily integrated into a website by customizing the look & feel or used as a framework which is sometimes a good idea considering the features they offer.
1. MyBB - MyBB has nice features like calendar/events, mass mailing to members, a built-in theme editor & more.
2. Discuz! | Download Discuz! 7.0 English Full | Demo | Admin Username: admin, Admin Password: admin
Crossday Discuz! Board (or simply Discuz!) is an Internet forum developed by Comsenz Technology Ltd. It is built on the PHP scripting language, supporting MySQL and PostgreSQL database management systems. Discuz! is free for personal use. A commercial license costs 3000 renminbi. The newest version of Discuz! Board is Discuz! 7.0. It is now widely used in China and Hong Kong, but has not been very popular in other countries/places due to lack of support for other languages. The latest English version of 7.0 is developed by 3rd party and preview edition released.
3. phpBB - phpBB is one of the oldest & widely used forum softwares around. It is being updated frequently with improvements in speed, security & features.
4. Simple Machines Forum (SMF) - SMF is the PHP successor of the Perl-based forum YABB. It comes with a comprehensive template system, polls, groups, calendars & more.
5. PHPWind is a popular PHP scripting forum application in China. PHPWind is based on MySQL database and has large numbers of mods and templates made by its users. Comparisons were often made with Discuz in terms of performance, formatting, etc.
6. FluxBB - is a fork of PunBB which supports both PHP4 & PHP5 with MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite.
7. PunBB - is a fast and lightweight forum application which aims to be less graphically intensive compared to other discussion boards.
