Orange Forum vs phpBB

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Orange Forum		phpBB
	Project
3	Mentions	60
439	Stars	1,783
-	Growth	0.8%
1.3	Activity	9.7
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Go	Language	PHP
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Orange Forum

Posts with mentions or reviews of Orange Forum. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-16.

Is there any conventionally accepted repo that is representative of well designed go code ?
15 projects | /r/golang | 16 May 2022

Does orange forum count? https://github.com/s-gv/orangeforum
Go Masterpieces
14 projects | /r/golang | 16 Nov 2021
Your favorite (relatively unknown) code bases to learn from?
5 projects | /r/golang | 13 Jul 2021

For Go, the orange forum source seems good (I am not a go dev).

phpBB

Posts with mentions or reviews of phpBB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-04.

InVision design collaboration services shutdown
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
How to Create a Discussion Forum Using PHP and MySQL?
4 projects | dev.to | 17 Sep 2023

phpBB (https://www.phpbb.com/) phpBB, short for "PHP Bulletin Board," is a popular open-source forum software written in PHP scripting language.
Screw reddit, let's remake digg v4
1 project | /r/RedditAlternatives | 3 Jul 2023
If Reddit dies…where does Xbiking go?
2 projects | /r/xbiking | 21 Jun 2023

We go old school baby 😎. A 90s solution for 90s bikes.
[meta] Post-blackout update
3 projects | /r/left_urbanism | 21 Jun 2023

Explore going extremely old school with your own phpBB community. Can't enshittify a forum that exists outside of time and space!
Got forum pages and the mobile site working. New theme too! Some people already have early access.
1 project | /r/ObjectShows | 19 Jun 2023

No. It’s based on phpBB.
Ask HN: Forum Software Similar to Reddit?
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2023

I have not tried this one, but Postmill [1] is similar to HN and phpBB [2] is an off the shelf forum platform with incredible moderator capabilities but I think an add-on is required for voting.
[1] - https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill
[2] - https://www.phpbb.com/
Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout
3 projects | /r/technology | 18 Jun 2023

Just like this is a phpBB forum: https://forum.ubuntu-it.org/ and this is the software behind it: https://www.phpbb.com/
Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change moderator rules
1 project | /r/technology | 17 Jun 2023

Boop
PhpBB
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 16 Jun 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Orange Forum and phpBB you can also consider the following projects:

Discourse - A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

Oxwall

OSSN - Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is a social networking software written in PHP. It allows you to make a social networking website and helps your members build social relationships, with people who share similar professional or personal interests. It is available in 17 international languages.

MyBB - MyBB is a free and open source forum software.

Isso - a Disqus alternative

GNU social - GNU social is social communication software for both public and private communications.

FluxBB - FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website.

nodeBB - Node.js based forum software built for the modern web

Patchwork - A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).

Simple Machines Forum - Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is free and open-source community forum software, delivering professional grade features in a package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes!