It Would be nice to have somewhere we can point newbies too when they wanna start. So i decided to start a thread about a list of forums softwares , so you will find the full list of paid forums as the free one ,
Please If you post one, please could you post the name of the software, a link to the website and specify whether it`s opensource,


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PAID
Vbulletin
Invision Power Board
BboardV2
WowBB
Woltlab burning board
FusionBB
UBB.threads


OPENSOURCE
Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
PHPbb
MyBB
PunBB
Vanilla
MiniBB
UseBB
XMB Forum
Woltlab Burning Board Lite version
BBPress
FUD Forum - Yes that is actually it's name
Phorum
XennoBB
MBoard - They do lots of other scripts
PowerBB
IceBB
FlexBB
Maran PHP Forum - No DB
freeForum
ekinboard
Quezza
ScepBB
vuBB
Elite Bulletin Board
eForum - No DB
Quicksilver Forums
Skate Board
k4 Bulletin Board
Quick.Forum
SEO-Board
Simple Forum - Not to be mistaken for SMF
Vegas Forum - Good god
ICT
DeluxeBB
aterr
QxForum
exPhpForum
Klompenboard
w-Agora
spiderDiscussion - Lots of other scripts as well
NavBoard
OvBB
FunkBoard
Chipmunk Forum
MercuryBoard
AZbb
forum-threads.php
Gravity Board X
Board Plus
Baal Systems Web Smart Bulletin Board Software (Discussion groups) Free
aWebBB
Unclassified Newsboard (UNB)
PHP-post
MyPHP
Easy Forum
YaBB
VikingBoard

phpBB2 PRE-MODDED
PhpbbXtra
The .premodded project
PhpBB2 with SEO changes and Mod_Rewrite
MetaBB

HOSTED
Invisionfree
Proboards
Website Toolbox = Message board, guestbook, polls etc
CreateMyBB (hosted MyBB forums)
SpreeBB
Editboard

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