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GrimForum is a good-looking forum system with professionally designed graphics. Colours are user-definable, and there are many different admin levels for members. It runs fast, with lockable topics private messaging, and more.

PHP/MySQL Discussion Forum with frames-based layout, reply-to-user, e-mail notification, HTML-posting, signatures, friends & killfiles, user promotion/demotion, multiple forums, word filters and full admin tools.

You are looking for a modern, professional and easy-to-use forum system? Look no further! Burning Board offers all features you can expect from a professional discussion board, packed in a beautiful CSS-based design. It is highly optimized to run fast on a MySQL database and its clean and object-oriented programming is highly reliable, thanks to German engineering. It is build on top of the WoltLab Community Framework so it is really just one mouse click away to extend it by add-ons (such as galleries, blogs or other social networking tools). It has never been so easy to install a web app: Simply upload 2 files and let guide you through installation process. The software can be used with different languages: GUI translations for more than eight languages are already provided, more to come. Support is also included in the license fee, so you will never be left alone when you need some help. WoltLab provides data importing tools for all major discussion board solutions.

b^2 is a PHP bulletin board that uses a MySQL database. Installation is easy, it only takes minutes.

Easy to install and run. Design of the board page is fully editable, you may also translate it to your language. Features: Easy installation; Design is fully adjustable; Password protected admin area; You can delete any message; You can select US or European time format; Ability to ban some words; Configuration by a web form.

eForum is an easy-to-install discussion board that doesn't require any database. Features include admin area to delete topics with session authentication, a search system (more stable this version), configurable layout using css file. Moderator can be notified of new posts on the forum. It has threaded view. Ubbcode-style supported. Multiple languages supported: Portuguese, English, German and Danish. UPDATE 0.4: post preview, better ubbcode support, better javascript, other small changes, some bugs fixed, italian and turkish translations.

With AdaptBB, you can get a basic forum going in no time. Although previously a whole script and now a plugin, AdaptBB will be one of the most active and updated plugins of AdaptCMS.

A simple PHP and MySQL based web-forum that displays the messages in classical threaded view. It's Open Source licensed under the GNU General Public License. The main claim of this forum script is simplicity. Furthermore the script should be easy to install and run on a standard server configuration with PHP and MySQL.

It is fully functioniong and offers the following advanced features; - Easy setup wizard routine. - Set up user groups and give them specific permissions to forums. -Full control over banning users and IP addresses. -Full moderation control over forums allowing post editing, locking, etc. -Private message facility with inbox and sent items. -E-mail users from within the software. -Full search facility. -Message purge. -Word Censoring and automatic replacement. -cookie support to allow users to stay logged in between sesssions. -Fully secure.

FusionBB is quickly proving to be the most feature rich community product on the market. FusionBB 2.2 has added many great features including: Post Moderation, Admin Configurable Particle Boxes and a built in Language Editor to our lineup of features that already included fully functional Portal, a PayPal payment module, a fully featured photo gallery, multi-person private topics and more. We have importers for most major forum packages to make your migration even easier. Try FusionBB today and find out why so many users love to log onto their favorite FusionBB site. FusionBB is written in PHP and uses MySQL for the database making it an easy to launch piece of software that can be run on most platforms. Furthermore FusionBB was written from the ground up to be very efficient and is an excellent choice for small and large communities alike.

FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website. FluxBB was designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications. It is easy to use and has a proven track record of stability and security making it an ideal choice of forum for your website.

PHPDevel Forum is a simple forum software written in PHP. The script has multi-language interface. Features include: posting, replying, and private messages. The script allows to browse unread topics, user's topics, or user's topics with unread replies without leaving current page. Admin features include: moderation panel, translation panel, and mailer.

Simple Machines Forum - SMF in short - is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other. SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software - and best of all it is and will always remain completely free!

FlatForum is a fast, clean, and simple threaded forum that uses a flatfile database. It's designed for people who have small to medium-sized websites and don't want a huge, bloated forum like phpBB. Features: * Small and fast. The required files for FlatForum are less than 150k combined. * Uses an optimized flatfile database. Unlike most flatfile forums, FlatForum won't bog down when your forum starts to get a lot of posts, because it doesn't load the entire database for each page view. * Easy to customize. You don't have to muck through the forum script to change the appearance. * Autolinking that WORKS (all URLs and email addresses). * Identical appearance in IE, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, and Netscape. * Optional word filters (censors). * Advanced spambot protection without requiring user registration or captchas. * Free :)

Here is simple straight forward message board for webmasters who need a elegant but simple forum. It features smileys, instant new post notification, easy deletion of inappropriate posts, style customization and more. You can create skins or choose from prebuilt skins. It got a bad words filter which will replace all bad words. A powerful admin panel which can manage all the aspects the discussion board. Create your virtual community in few minutes. This freeware is designed to provide best user friendly experience to end users.

The DPB is a bulletin board system based on PHP/mySQL. It supports all standard forum functions like Template, language packages, extensive user administration, search, user groups, Styles, Avatars and much more. Written in German.

Looking for a new forum script for your website? Consider Lokboard, the new forum software from DesignSkate. Lokboard has the features to run a small, medium or large size community.

With bbBoard v2 you get the most customizable, powerful and secure forum software anywhere. It can handle anything you throw at it, from various Frontends, like MSN, NNTP and Wap, to database Backends, like mySQL and postgreSQL. bbv2 easily integrates with other programs and software, and is translated in several languages, allowing users to switch to their own language. An advanced (yet simple) templating system allows you to change absolutely anything on the board, and set up multiple designs, which your users can choose from. bbv2 is the most powerful forum software you'll ever experience - there's very little it cannot do. Because we're a small company, if you find something you'd like to be added, we normally add it in the very next release, and tech support is quick and helpful. The advanced plugin systems allow you to very easily change anything on the board, integrate with your site's registration system, etc. A free trial and demo board is available, so try it now!