SMF
Simple Machines Forum community bulletin board
SMF, or Simple Machines Forum, is a free, professional-grade forum package that lets you run an online community. It is known for stability, a strong permission system, and broad customization.
Key features
- Granular permission system
- Mods and themes support
- Strong moderation features
- Multilingual support
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Reliable and well established
- No licensing fees
Trade-offs
- Dated default appearance
- Slower modern development
SMF replaces
Compare SMF
41 head-to-head comparisons.
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- SMF vs Lobsters
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- SMF vs Commento
- SMF vs Vanilla Forums
- SMF vs Misago
- SMF vs FlaskBB
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- SMF vs Coral
- SMF vs Schnack
- SMF vs Talkyard
- SMF vs Question2Answer
- SMF vs Askbot
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- SMF vs MyBB
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- SMF vs Scoold
- SMF vs Mouthful
- SMF vs vichan
- SMF vs django-machina
- SMF vs PieFed
- SMF vs Lainchan
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- SMF vs FluxBB
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- SMF vs lemmyBB
- SMF vs PunBB
- SMF vs ElkArte
- SMF vs Discourse-compatible Antville
- SMF vs FUDforum
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