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Message boards are online discussion forums where users can post and respond to messages about topics of interest. They are typically organized by subject, and participants can generally view all posted messages and replies. Message boards may be moderated by the original poster or by other users, depending on the forum's setting.

This chart displays the market share of the top 10 Message boards software in 2025, highlighting the most popular tools used by online merchants.1. PeerBoard leads with a notable 38.58% share.2. In second place, XenForo at 30.46% share.3. Meanwhile, IPB at 11.68% share.
  1. PeerBoard51-100 installs
    PeerBoard is a plug-and-play community solution, which helps groups, clubs, startups, marketplaces and businesses create discussion forums.
  2. XenForo51-100 installs
    XenForo is a PHP-based forum hosting program for communities that is designed to be deployed on a remote web server.
  3. IPB21-30 installs
    No description available for IPB.
  4. phpBB11-20 installs
    phpBB is a free open-source Internet forum package in the PHP scripting language.
  5. vBulletin1-10 installs
    vBulletin is tool that is used to create and manage online forums or discussion boards. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database server.
  6. MyBB1-10 installs
    MyBB is a free and open-source forum software written in PHP.
  7. Flarum1-10 installs
    Flarum is a discussion platform.
  8. Vanilla1-10 installs
    Vanilla is a both a cloud-based (SaaS) open-source community forum software.
  9. Reddit1-10 installs
    No description available for Reddit.
  10. NodeBB1-10 installs
    NodeBB forum software is powered by Node.js and built on either a Redis or MongoDB database.
  11. Discuz! X1-10 installs
    Discuz! X is an internet forum software written in PHP and supports MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
  12. Ultimate Bulletin Board1-10 installs
    Ultimate Bulletin Board is an internet forum software designed for online communities, offering features such as user registration, thread organisation, moderation tools, search functionality, and customisable design options to facilitate discussions and community engagement.
  13. Simple Machines Forum
    Simple Machines Forum is a free open-source software, used for community forums and is written in PHP.
  14. PeerTube
    PeerTube is a free and open-source, decentralized, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent.
  15. punBB
    No description available for punBB.
  16. Linen
    Linen is a real-time chat platform built for communities.
  17. Philomena
    Philomena is an imageboard software.
  18. Asgaros Forum
    Asgaros Forum is a lightweight and simple forum plugin for WordPress.
  19. ElkArte
    ElkArte is an open-source PHP-based forum software with MySQL integration, offering features such as user authentication, topic categorisation, post formatting, private messaging, moderation tools, and customisable themes and extensions.
  20. YaBB
    No description available for YaBB.

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