Free forum software?
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When it comes to free forum software, which one would you use and recommend?
(assuming you're forced to use one)
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For a free forum software I would use, and currently using NodeBB which is powering this forum. NodeBB is free and open source but if this wasn't available then, I would probably look into using SMF. It appears to be still under active development and is the most prevalent forum software still out there for free.
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I'd recommend using Proboards, Forumotion or Jcink if you're going to use a free forum software.
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For a free forum software I would use, and currently using NodeBB which is powering this forum. NodeBB is free and open source but if this wasn't available then, I would probably look into using SMF. It appears to be still under active development and is the most prevalent forum software still out there for free.
@JoshB SMF is my personal favorite free forum script. At first I didn't really like the look and feel of NodeBB but it's been growing on me and so has Discourse. Soon I'm going to either move a phpBB forum over to NodeBB or Discourse I haven't decided which one yet. The plan was to move it over to vBulletin but the devs are taking too long to convert it... Jcink is a good free forum host, since they allow you to download a database backup of your forum.
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For a free forum software I would use, and currently using NodeBB which is powering this forum. NodeBB is free and open source but if this wasn't available then, I would probably look into using SMF. It appears to be still under active development and is the most prevalent forum software still out there for free.
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@JoshB said in Free forum software?:
For a free forum software I would use, and currently using NodeBB
I love the interface and it seems I'm going to delve into using it. But I'm curious, can I monetize it with AdSense?
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For a free forum software I would use, and currently using NodeBB which is powering this forum. NodeBB is free and open source but if this wasn't available then, I would probably look into using SMF. It appears to be still under active development and is the most prevalent forum software still out there for free.
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@JoshB I came to know about NodeBB recently. Before being a member on this site I have used it on one forum and I liked it. Is this beginner friendly? Does it have active community for support?
@DigitalNomad It actually does have a community for support and the members are quite friendly and helpful. The one issue many might come across, is the lower amount of plugins for the software. One thing I did was really look into what I had used before on other forum software and I found that I could drop almost all of the plugins I had used in the past and just go ahead with the vanilla style format of NodeBB.
NodeBB's community can be found at community.nodebb.com
