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Simple Machines Forum[16]
Simple Machines2019-12-30[17]2.0.17[17]PHPBSD License
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bbPress[1]WordPress Foundation2020-04-295.4.1PHP[2]GPL[3]
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Beehive Forum[4]
Project Beehive Forum Developers
2016-11-051.5.2PHPGPL
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Discourse[5]
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
2020-02-272.4Ruby, JavaScriptGPL
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FluxBB[7]FluxBB.org Developers2018-12-311.5.11PHPGPL
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FUDforum[8]
Advanced Internet Designs Inc.
2018-04-093.0.9PHPGPL
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phpBB[14]phpBB Ltd.2020-01-063.3.0PHPGPL
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PunBB[15]PunBB2015-10-141.4.4PHPGPL
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MyBB[11]MyBB Group2019-12-301.8.22PHP
LGPL, moving to BSD in 2.0[12]
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Thredded[19]
Joel Oliveira, Gleb Mazovetskiy, et al.
2019-08-170.16.13RubyMIT
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Syndie[18]Anonymous (related to I2P)2014-08-141.107bJava
Open source, multiple licenses
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Phorum[13]Brian Moon2017-08-235.2.23PHP
Phorum License 2 (BSD like)
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Discuz![6]Comsenz Inc.2018-01-01X3.4PHP
Discuz! EULA (proprietary, gratis for non-commercial use)
FALSCH
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Invision Power Board[10]Invision Power Services Inc.2020-02-044.4.10PHPProprietaryFALSCH
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Ikonboard[9]
Matt Mecham (original creator) Joshua Johnson
2012-10-193.1.5APerlProprietaryFALSCH
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vBulletin[22]vBulletin Solutions Inc.2020-01-085.5.6PHP[23]Proprietary[24]FALSCH
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XenForo
XenForo Limited, Kier Darby, Mike Sullivan.
2020-01-272.1.7PHP[25]ProprietaryFALSCH
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Vanilla Forums[20]Vanilla Forums2019-07-093.1PHPProprietary/GPL[21]FALSCH
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