FUDforum
Fast, scalable, customizable open-source forum
FUDforum is a fast, scalable, and highly customizable open-source bulletin board with an integrated mail and news gateway. It handles large user bases and supports multiple database backends.
Key features
- Mail and news gateway
- Scales to large user bases
- Multiple database support
- Theme customization
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-2.0 license
- Written in PHP
- Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
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