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What's your favourite forum software? For free mine would be MyBB and phpBB, paid would be (by far) xenForo. They have the most features and I generally just like the structure.
vBulletin used to be so popular and it's a shame that they aren't as popular as they used to be. I used to be an admin on a vBulletin forum and it was actually really good. ACP was good, features were decent but I guess it just couldn't compete with Invision and XenForo. They had some beautiful themes back then as well
Not sure really. I think Simple Machine Forums might have had a similar release date to when vBulletin came out so that might have been a competitor. Although when you compare both software right now, I'm not too sure that SMF comes even close to vBulletin at all. Something called Web Wiz also was around back then as well although this is the first time I've ever heard of it.Did VB - even have a competitor back then (2000s)?
Not sure really. I think Simple Machine Forums might have had a similar release date to when vBulletin came out so that might have been a competitor. Although when you compare both software right now, I'm not too sure that SMF comes even close to vBulletin at all. Something called Web Wiz also was around back then as well although this is the first time I've ever heard of it.
VB used to be awesome until they went to IB.
IB is Invision Power board some may call it as IB because they don't know short form. Xenforo is the best one at the moment and next IPB as per the uses of software world wide.What is IB?
Ash said:In terms of free software, it has to be MyBB. It's a great piece of software, has some great themes and plugins and is extremely cheap to setup and manage. Paid software wise, it has to be XenForo. Although it can be very expensive to setup, it is such a good software and has some great benefits that come right out of the box.
ARx182 said:I like XenForo, it covers pretty much everything and looks the best too, but sadly I cannot afford to pay $160 for a forum software.
MyBB is the best free forum software, and the one I stick with. Like @"mastersly" has already mentioned, it's easy to customise and overall easy to use.
My favorite forum software is MyBB. It's a good forum software and not to mention that it's got many plugins to extend the functionality.
I will definitely opt in for xenforo because of its addons and popularity. Its pretty much easy to customize.vBulletin 2.x and 3.x were awesome, but are now quite outdated and probably somewhat insecure.. I wouldn't even consider vBulletin 4.x or 5.x though from things that I've heard.
XenForo is definitely my software of choice right now. The look, feel, and flexibility is quite incredible..![]()
What's your favourite forum software? For free mine would be MyBB and phpBB, paid would be (by far) xenForo. They have the most features and I generally just like the structure.
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