Best forum software?

[ukbackorder]

Asking for a friend. Xenforo or vbulletin?

 

[Helmuts]

Xenforo and Invision Community seem to be 2 leaders today.

.. https://invisioncommunity.com/

 

[Conda]

Vbulletin

 

[LucyC]

I have two operational Vbulletins 6.0.5s for pure power and just installed the latest Xenforo.

I would liken the Vbulletin to the Ford Mustang (Muscle) & Xenforo to Ferrari (Style & Aesthetics).

Xenforo back-end is more user-friendly whereas VBulletin requires a higher level of technical ability.

Wouldn't bother with anything else.

 

[Breakline]

XenForo because they are good and UK founded.

 

[Helmuts]

XenForo because they are good and UK founded.

Interesting.. didn't know this. Feeling even better now

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As for the light and free forums that work like a charm on shared hosting: SimpleMachinesForum is a decent pretender + easy to be updated (not all are). bitcointalk.org runs on SMF.. I also have couple small SMF forums, where our maria.zone is on our (20i) shared Cloud (you can check how elements load).

Though, I would considered SMF only if there is "0" budget.

 

[Adam H]

Xenforo without question, built by the original vbulletin dev's when vbulletin actually had some direction ( Pre vbulletin 4 ). Built Xenforo the way vbulletin should have evolved.

 

[super-whois]

Don't rule out Discourse

I think all the other suggestions have passed their use by date.

 

[onwwward]

Between the two, Xenforo. I was leading a migration of a big gambling forum from old vBulletin 3.8 to Xenforo last year. We tried to migrate to Invision first, but failed for various reasons. Xenforo was the winner eventually.

 

[onwwward]

@ukbackorder Have a look at Flarum, it's new, open source, maintained, modular and built on Laravel framework (PHP)

 

[onwwward]

Asking for a friend. Xenforo or vbulletin?

Between the two, Xenforo. I was leading a migration of a big gambling forum from old vBulletin 3.8 to Xenforo last year. We tried to migrate to Invision first, but failed for various reasons. Xenforo was the winner eventually.

 

[Audrey Wetmore]

The best forum software depends on your needs, but Discourse stands out for its modern interface and robust features, including real-time notifications and mobile responsiveness. phpBB and vBulletin are also popular for their extensive customization options and established user communities.

 

[MapleDots]

Xenforo and Invision Community seem to be 2 leaders today.

.. https://invisioncommunity.com/

ehhhmmmm - have you seen the prices of Invision?

I used to run a number of forums back in the day with them but pricing got a bit out of hand.

Now.... it's a lot out of hand

 

[Helmuts]

ehhhmmmm - have you seen the prices of Invision?

hmm.. no, haven't seen their prices.

@Daniel - Monetize.info runs his forums all on Invision.

 

[Daniel - Monetize.info]

I've been with Invision for, but I can't remember how many years I've been 12+. It's robust and has different apps besides the forums for pages, image galleries, and commerce that all work together nicely.
Xenforo is a solid competitor, and it seems people like it because it looks nice out of the box and is easy to use.