phpBB
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.
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Still maintained? Yes: 285 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
phpBB quick facts
- Health score
- 58/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,106
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "phpBB is a free open-source bulletin board written in PHP."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
phpBB scores 58/100, #34 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 285 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 2,106 stars add 13.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
285 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 13.3 / 20
2.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 285
- Last 90 days
- 748
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #34 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Coral (#33) and Talkyard (#35) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 2,106 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | phpbb/phpbb ↗ |
phpBB vs its top 5 alternatives
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phpBB: common questions
Is phpBB still maintained?
phpBB had 285 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.