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vichan

Lightweight image board software

Forums & Community Archived ★ 769 stars Medium setup Tinyboard

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained forums & community alternative.

vichan is a free image board software, a fork of the Tinyboard project, supporting multiple boards, threading, and a wide range of moderation tools. It is fully self-hostable on PHP and MySQL.

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Key features

  • Self-hosted image board
  • Multiple boards and threading
  • Extensive moderation tools

Strengths

  • Released under the Tinyboard license
  • Written in PHP
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is vichan secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for vichan's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

vichan replaces

Self-hosted 4chan-style boards alternatives

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