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THE #1 FREE, OPEN SOURCE BULLETIN BOARD SOFTWARE

phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website. With an extensive database of user-created extensions and styles database containing hundreds of style and image packages to customise your board, you can create a very unique forum in minutes.

No other bulletin board software offers a greater complement of features, while maintaining efficiency and ease of use. Best of all, phpBB is completely free. We welcome you to test it for yourself today. If you have any questions please visit our Community Forum where our staff and members of the community will be happy to assist you with anything from configuring the software to modifying the code for individual needs. Learn more about phpBB.

Latest phpBB Announcements and Blog Posts

• 07
  Jan
  2017
  
  Announcement • phpBB 3.2 Rhea Feature Release Published

  Today is a big day for the entire phpBB community and we hope that you're as excited as we are! With the help of over one hundred volunteers, we have improved and extended phpBB to provide the new … read more

• 25
  Dec
  2016
  
  Announcement • phpBB 3.2 Rhea is upon us

  Greetings all, We are happy to announce that the gold release of phpBB 3.2 Rhea will be made available January 7th, 2017. phpBB 3.2 introduces major changes and new functionality. Among the new … read more

• 09
  Dec
  2016
  
  Announcement • phpBB 3.2.0-RC2 released

  Greetings all, We are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 3.2.0-RC2 "Bertie Reconnaissance Orbiter". This is the second release candidate of the upcoming phpBB 3.2.0 feature release and … read more

• 28
  Feb
  2017
  
  Blog • How to set up a development environment on Windows

  What you'll need: WAMP QuickInstall phpBB 3.2 As software developers the most important aspect of the development process is setting up a local development environment. The vast … read more

• 24
  Feb
  2017
  
  Blog • phpBB.com unaffected by Cloudbleed

  By now you may have heard about "Cloudbleed", the recently discovered vulnerability affecting users of Cloudflare's SSL proxy service. In short, websites that utilized the service were affected by a … read more

• 31
  Dec
  2016
  
  Blog • phpBB.com is now running phpBB 3.2

  Greetings all, With the release of phpBB 3.2.0 almost upon us (it will be released on the 7th January), after a few hours of maintenance, we're glad to say that phpBB.com is now running on phpBB … read more

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