Application: phpBB
Type: Forum
Website: www.phpbb.com
Support: www.phpbb.com/support/
Cost: Free
Licence: Open Source
phpBB is the most widely used open source online bulletin board. Used by millions, with phpBB users can easily create a forum style website with a number of different features.
Sites such as AdBlock Plus have as many as 10 million daily users and over 100 thousand extension downloads daily, use phpBB to support their users.
Features:
General:
- As the name suggests phpBB is entirely written using PHP
- Since phpBB is compatible with UTF-8, phpBB ensures compatibility with almost every language worldwide
- Multiple styles can be installed to the board meaning a user can choose which he or she likes the most giving users a more personal experience
Security:
- A hashing system is used before passwords are entered into the system to ensure maximum security
- phpBB uses CAPTCHAs during registration, including Google’s reCAPTCHA
- To prevent spam phpBB provides the option to limit the number of posts or personal messages sent in a given time period
- Designated administrators or moderators have the power to permanently ban or suspend users
- Administrators and moderators are also able to send users warnings which can be set to expire automatically
- Users will have the ability to flag abusive content for moderators
phpBB supports a wide variety of database storage servers, including:
- MySQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- PostgresSQL
- Oracle Database
- SQLite