- 360Board - Written in Perl with a mySQL backend to bring extensive administration and user features.
- Aborior's Encore Web Forum - Written in the Perl language with a ASCII text file database structure that will run on almost any web server and operating system, including Windows, Unix, Linux and Solaris.
- AnyBoard - Extended member profiles, private discussion, mail list, chat, survey, event scheduling, link submission, file-uploading plus automatic imaging iconization, configurable look and access control. Free.
- Asiaco Forum - Customized look and language, password and non password protect, delete, edit, and banning of users. Free.
- ASP Dev Free Hosted Forums - Instant sign up, and are fully configurable and come with full on-line administration. Free.
- ASP Playground.NET Forum - ASP forum for building online communities. Proven performance with Microsoft's Application Stress Tool. Also features lots of powerful functionalities for both users and administrators.
- AtomicBoards - Fully customizable, minimal advertising. Free.
- BbBoard - Many features. Free.
- BBBS - Supports the Internet and Fidonet while embedding Fidonet messages and Internet news and email together with a versatile web-based, online and offline message reading system.
- BBS Archives - A large and comprehensive resource collection for BBS Sysops.
- BBS Express! Professional - Atari 8-bit BBS program.
- Beeboard BBS - An Internet or Intranet Bulletin Board System written in Perl with support for both Unix and Windows servers.
- Best Boards - Inexpensive, fully customizable.
- Best Web Board - Configureable colors and style, no banners or popups.
- Blaze Board - System with threaded discussions in flat or threaded view. SQL backend. Features emoticons, avatars, and smilies. Free.
- BoardServer - An interactive message board service for personal and professional use.
- Citadel BBS - A BBS with a unique client server architecture, message store, security, and multiple user friendly interfaces.
- Cold Fusion Message Board by SmarTek - Written in the Cold Fusion language with an administration section that allows full customization, topic and message control.
- CompuLink OnLine - BBS door programs, shareware and freeware files for several operating systems with tech support and user-group support.
- Cool Message Board - Threaded and flat-file database driven bulletin board systems, including: language translation, currency, polls, and a guestbook.
- Daydream BBS for Linux and FreeBSD - Daydream is a free BBS solution currently available for the Linux/FreeBSD operating systems.
- Discus - A free web-based bulletin board system written in Perl.
- Falken BBS - Multi-user BBS software for Linux that unlike most Linux BBS systems, provides a user interface similar to traditional DOS based BBS packages.
- ForumExperts - XML based hosted forums for corporate and enthusiast websites. Logical threaded layout, markup features include images and formatting. Implemented through customizable control panel.
- Hermes II Project - Official site of the Hermes II BBS system software. Includes information about the Hermes II Project and Olympus BBS software.
- iBoard - A classified ads software program, events scheduling software program and human resources software program, all in one.
- Ideal Bulletin Board (IdealBB) - A web-based BBS written in the ASP language, built with the Windows 2000 / Microsoft SQL 2000 server technologies in mind.
- Ikonboard - Written in the Perl programming language and backed by a variety of database options.
- InfinityBoard - InfinityBoard is a powerful message board written in PHP and using super-fast SQL databases for fast-loading pages. Offers choice between flat and threaded view.
- Invision Board - A professional forum system from the team that originally created and supported Ikonboard. Includes a comprehensive admin control panel and many community oriented features. PHP4 and MySQL required.
- Invision Board - IBSkins - Skins site for InvisionBoard. Here you can discuss, suggest and download new skins for your InvisionBoard.
- MarshallSoft Computing - A group of Internet Communications Libraries for Windows and Serial Communications Libraries for Windows and DOS.
- miniBB - Small, fast and free discussion board system written in PHP, can be based on any database supported by PHP (incl. mySQL and PostgreSQL).
- mwForum - Open-source, uses Perl/MySQL, compatible with mod_perl for optimal performance. Design goals: ease of use, stability, security, speed, professional and consistent look, easy customization.
- myBB - Coded in PHP and backed by mySQL. Free
- netVillage.com - Provider of interactive communication and collaboration solutions for creating, hosting, and managing community-enabled B2B or B2C e-business web sites, portals, or special-interest web communities.
- O-M-N-I BBS - A free client/server BBS for Windows.
- OBBHacks.net - Additions and hacks for OpenBB
- Phorum - A free threaded, web-based bulletin board system written in PHP with a variety of backend database option available.
- phpBB - A free web-based bulletin board system written in PHP with a mySQL backend.
- phpBBHacks.com - First and largest website dedicated to hacks for the phpBB forum system.
- POP Forums - Database-backed bulletin board software for web servers that use Windows NT/2000/.NET.
- QuickBB - QuickBB is a flat-file forum system built on the PHP scripting language.
- RemoteAccess BBS Software - A BBS software for DOS and the IBM PC compatibles.
- RemoteAccess Support and Utils - An official RemoteAccess support site with: links to third party utility sites, FAQs, support forum, and downloads for the shareware versions of RA.
- RPGBoard - A multi-functional message board script capable of almost anything, from mailing list integration to a fully SpellCheck system.
- SimpleForum - A simple CGI script to maintain and run Bulletin Board Systems. Runs on any server with Perl installed.
- Smart Bulletin Board - Offers all purpose software for building online interactive communities.
- Snitz Forums 2000 - Written in the ASP programming language with multiple database options available.
- SowiBB - Forum software writen in php with a MySQL backend.
- Sporum - Free web-based discussion forum with extensive administrative features, and easy installation procedure. Requires Perl 5 and MySQL.
- Synchronet BBS - A free BBS that works on the DOS, Windows, or OS/2 operating system and supports multiple simultaneous users with hierarchical message and file areas, multi-node chat, and the ever-popular BBS door games.
- TalkSpread Message Board System - Powerful internet and intranet based system for servers with MS SQL >= 7.0 SP2 and IIS.
- TeleFinder Internet BBS - MacOS Web Server and BBS with full documentation, ordering and update information for TeleFinder from Spider Island Software.
- Telegard BBS - A full featured BBS software including a full message section with JAM and Squish formats, a full file section w/file tagging & CDROM support, multinode & multilingual support, powerful menus, scripts, and door support.
- The EleBBS home - RemoteAccess-style BBS program available for DOS, OS/2, Linux and Windows 9x/NT/2000.
- TriBBS - A bulletin board service which will allow a hobbyist or business to setup a DOS based hosting system on there computer or network.
- tribbyBoard - A free threaded message board script written in PHP with a MySQL backend.
- UBB DevZone - A community of CGI-Perl programmers and web developers centered around modifying the Ultimate Bulletin Board software.
- Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) - A web-based bulletin board system written in the Perl language backed by a flat-file database with a unique caching system.
- UltraBoard 2000 (UB2K) - A full-featured, customizable web-based BBS that requires a UNIX/Windows web server, Perl 5.004 or higher, file locking (recommended), SendMail/SMTP (recommended), FTP access, and CGI Access. Optional MySQL backend.
- vBulletin webmaster community - Supplies non-official support for users of vBulletin. Thousands of members provide hacks and upgrades.
- vBulletin.com - Written in the PHP programming language with a mySQL database back-end.
- vBulletinTemplates - Site for modifications of vBulletin-templates.
- VersiForum - An ASP Forum system for use with the free MSMS script, a link to which is available on the site
- Vircom, Inc. - Internet Software for the ISP/OCP environment.
- WaterGate - A shareware software package that can gate messages between FidoNet and Internet/Usenet formats.
- wBBMods.com - Learn to customise your Burning Board. Lot's of hacks and graphics and other burning board related resources.
- WebBoard - Web forums and chat software that is a versatile web-based tool that provides communication solutions for a wide range of communities.
- Wildcat Interactive Net Server - A BBS that through a combination of dynamic HTML screens and Windows client programs adds interactive functionality.
- Woltlab Burning Board - Bulletin board software based on PHP4 and MySQL. Some of the features: HTML Templates, User profiles (editable by user), User groups, and BB Code or HTML in messages. Available in English and German.
- WowBB - WowBB offers features such as auto install/upgrade, a WYSIWYG editor with integrated spell-checker, auto time zone detection and smart caching. Requires PHP and MySQL.
- XMB - A free web-based bulletin board system written in PHP with a mySQL backend.
- XMBHacks - The official XMB Forum hacking community, to modify your forum to the extreme.
- YaBB SE - A PHP/MySQL port of Yet another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1 Gold (see above).
- Yazd Discussion Forum - Yazd Forum is an open-source Java based discussion forum software. It is very customizable and easy to configure.
- Yet another Bulletin Board (YaBB) - A free bulletin board written in the Perl language.
- ZixForum - ZixForum is a ASP driven forum. Supports Access and SQL. The forum is totally dynamic with change colors, popup, frames, subscriptions, and email.
- Zorum - A web-based bulletin board that requires PHP4, a mySQL database, Linux, and the Apache webserver.
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