Open source forum platforms

[iLOVENZB]

What y'all recommend? Don't want to pirate and want to do it freely.

Thinking about going down the phpBB path :unsure:.

[anon]

Thinking about going down the phpBB path :unsure:.

phpBB 3.x's moderation system sucks, or at least that's my experience. You can't do more than one Mod action at the same time without them failing.

A friend told me about fluxBB, that one looks better, but I haven't tried it (whereas I've moderated a phpBB forum for 4 years now).

[Cabalo]

And what about the Elah one? Haven't tried it so far, but it has good reviews.
My past mod experiences were on IPB boards, but they are not free unfortunately.

[Glaucon]

I'd say go with phpBB, yeah. I've used it before and while the modifications have been a pain in the ass to manage, the rest worked flawlessly.

[absonic]

Have you tried SMF?

People say it's safer than phpBB... Little bit more complicated, but i think it's better than phpBB.

[heiska]

FluxBB is great and stuff if you don't need a PM system.

MyBB is also free and open source. (and not mentioned yet).

The truth is that vbulletin is superior to the open source forum platforms server resource/user usability-wise.