FlaskBB
Forum software written with Flask
FlaskBB is a forum software built with the Python Flask framework, providing categories, forums, topics, private messages, and a moderation system. It is lightweight and easy to deploy.
Key features
- Flask-based forum software
- Private messaging and moderation
- Lightweight Python deployment
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
- Active community (2.7k GitHub stars)
- Written in Python
- Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
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