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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 modifications 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.

*Test board is generated automatically and is only available for an hour after it is created. Once this time limit is reached, the data is purged. Please note that the demo is linked to your IP address; you will not be able to share your test board with other individuals. Default username/password: administrator/administrator


Latest phpBB Announcements and Blog Posts


  • 22 Nov 2010
    Announcement

    Hello everyone, It has come to our attention that a number of members of this community have received unsolicited email messages offering various paid services (updating, MOD installation, etc.) for ... read more


  • 21 Nov 2010
    Announcement

    phpBB QuickInstall is a tool to install a phpBB3 board with a single mouse click. It is ideal for testing MODs, both for MOD authors and other users that want to check out a MOD before installing ... read more


  • 20 Nov 2010
    Announcement

    Creating communities around the world The number of language packs created by our devoted team of Translators was always a key part of phpBB's success. We are aware of this, so in the past months, ... read more


  • 13 Nov 2010
    Blog Post

    After the phpBB core migrated to GitHub earlier this year, most of the sub-projects have now been moved as well. The initiative begun during the Libertyvasion conference, where we moved the UMIL, A... read more


  • 09 Oct 2010
    Blog Post

    Most of you have probably already seen the blog post regarding the RFC process for hook locations to be added to Ascraeus (phpBB 3.1). And many of you may not know what a hook system actually is, so ... read more


  • 25 Aug 2010
    Blog Post

    Last week, some six dozen people, invited guests, interested users, and team members gathered in New York City's Times Square to talk phpBB. I'll steal one of Douglas's moments of zen from his conc... read more



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