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| '''PunBB''' (''PunBulletinBoard'') is a lightweight PHP-based ] system released under the ]. The project's primary goal is to be a faster, smaller and less graphic alternative to discussion boards such as ], ] or ].<ref name="Ohloh-Analysis"></ref><ref name="Best free open-source forum application software"> |
'''PunBB''' (''PunBulletinBoard'') is a lightweight PHP-based ] system released under the ]. The project's primary goal is to be a faster, smaller and less graphic alternative to discussion boards such as ], ] or ].<ref name="Ohloh-Analysis"></ref><ref name="Best free open-source forum application software">{{Cite web|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2010/02/06/top-best-free-open-source-forum-application-software/|title=Top Best free open source forum application Software|first=Prof Dr Amarendra Bhushan|last=Dhiraj|date=Feb 6, 2010|website=ceoworld.biz|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="About PunBB">{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/about.php|title=PunBB|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> Many open-source and commercial projects' discussion boards use PunBB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/who_uses_punbb|title=>Who uses punbb - PunBB Wiki|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forum.nevercorner.net/|title=Loading...|website=forum.nevercorner.net|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forexsb.com/forum/|title=Forex Forum|website=forexsb.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musikcube.com/punbb/ |title=Musikcube |access-date=2011-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118041335/http://www.musikcube.com/punbb/ |archive-date=2007-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Until September 2011, ]'s Developers were using Facebook Developer's Forum for discussions and bug reports, which was powered by PunBB.<ref name="Facebook Developers' Forum"></ref> | ||
| PunBB was originally designed to output standard ], with speed and simplicity in mind. Features such as ], ], file sharing and attachments were not originally implemented. However, they have since been released as third-party modifications. PunBB supports extensions since version 1.3.<ref name="History of PunBB project"> |
PunBB was originally designed to output standard ], with speed and simplicity in mind. Features such as ], ], file sharing and attachments were not originally implemented. However, they have since been released as third-party modifications. PunBB supports extensions since version 1.3.<ref name="History of PunBB project">{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/project_history|title=project_history - PunBB Wiki|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| In 2007 the project's code and rights were sold to Informer Technologies, Inc. The company did not institute any major changes at first other than removing the ability to donate money to the project. The work on version 1.3 continued and in the beginning of 2008 the beta version was released. In April 2008, Rickard Andersson decided to leave the project due to personal reasons.<ref name="Rickard Andersson's official website"></ref> As a result, some developers followed suit, and initiated the development of their own fork, known as FluxBB. A few days later the company moved the project from punbb.org domain to its projects' umbrella domain at punbb.informer.com. | In 2007 the project's code and rights were sold to Informer Technologies, Inc. The company did not institute any major changes at first other than removing the ability to donate money to the project. The work on version 1.3 continued and in the beginning of 2008 the beta version was released. In April 2008, Rickard Andersson decided to leave the project due to personal reasons.<ref name="Rickard Andersson's official website"></ref> As a result, some developers followed suit, and initiated the development of their own fork, known as FluxBB. A few days later the company moved the project from punbb.org domain to its projects' umbrella domain at punbb.informer.com. | ||
| The work on version 1.3 was resumed and minor changes, as well as, some bug fixes were introduced in updates. In March 2011 the company released version 1.3.5 and in September 2011 version 1.3.6 became available to public. The third quarter of 2011 gave birth to a significantly revised version of the engine, 1.4.0, which was the latest one at the time.<ref name="PunBB Homepage"> |
The work on version 1.3 was resumed and minor changes, as well as, some bug fixes were introduced in updates. In March 2011 the company released version 1.3.5 and in September 2011 version 1.3.6 became available to public. The third quarter of 2011 gave birth to a significantly revised version of the engine, 1.4.0, which was the latest one at the time.<ref name="PunBB Homepage">{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/|title=PunBB|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| In February 2012, PunBB released version 1.4.2. | In February 2012, PunBB released version 1.4.2. | ||
| In June 2015, after 3 years of the last version released in 2012, PunBB has released the 1.4.3 version.<ref name="PunBB releases 1.4.3"> |
In June 2015, after 3 years of the last version released in 2012, PunBB has released the 1.4.3 version.<ref name="PunBB releases 1.4.3">{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/29469/punbb-143/|title=PunBB 1.4.3 (Page 1) — News — PunBB Forums|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| In October 2015 the 1.4.4 version has been released.<ref name="PunBB 1.4.4"> |
In October 2015 the 1.4.4 version has been released.<ref name="PunBB 1.4.4">{{Cite web|url=https://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/29628/punbb-144/|title=PunBB 1.4.4 (Page 1) — News — PunBB Forums|website=punbb.informer.com|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| In January 2021 version 1.4.5 was released.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PunBB|url=https://punbb.informer.com/|access-date=2021-08-07|website=punbb.informer.com}}</ref> | In January 2021 version 1.4.5 was released.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=PunBB|url=https://punbb.informer.com/|access-date=2021-08-07|website=punbb.informer.com}}</ref> | ||
| In March 2021 version 1.4.6 was released.<ref |
In March 2021 version 1.4.6 was released.<ref name="auto"/> | ||
| ==Requirements== | ==Requirements== | ||
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| | website = {{URL|https://fluxbb.org/}} | | website = {{URL|https://fluxbb.org/}} | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| FluxBB is a fork of PunBB created by its developers after Andersson left the project in April 2008. The developers felt that forking was necessary to maintain control over the development process without the influence of commercial interests.<ref name="development-team-announcement">{{cite web |author=Connor |date=2008-05-09 |df=mdy |title=Development team announcement |website=FluxBB |accessdate=2019-11-30 |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=81}}</ref> As with PunBB, it is released under the ].<ref name="ohloh-analysis"></ref><ref name="about"> |
FluxBB is a fork of PunBB created by its developers after Andersson left the project in April 2008. The developers felt that forking was necessary to maintain control over the development process without the influence of commercial interests.<ref name="development-team-announcement">{{cite web |author=Connor |date=2008-05-09 |df=mdy |title=Development team announcement |website=FluxBB |accessdate=2019-11-30 |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=81}}</ref> As with PunBB, it is released under the ].<ref name="ohloh-analysis"></ref><ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://fluxbb.org/about/|title=Introducing FluxBB - FluxBB|website=fluxbb.org|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref> In July 2008, FluxBB was announced as a finalist in ]'s 2008 Community Choice Awards in the "Best New Project" category.<ref name="CCA-finalists">{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-finalists|title=Sourceforge CCA 2008 finalists|website=sourceforge.net|accessdate=Oct 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="wireless 2008">{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-154027666.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011152933/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-154027666.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 11, 2014 | title=SourceForge.net Names Finalists for Community Choice Awards | work=] | date=July 7, 2008 | accessdate=November 26, 2012}}{{Subscription required|via=]}}</ref> | ||
| Originally a continuation of PunBB's 1.3 branch, it was announced in January 2009 that the then-current 1.3 branch would be discontinued, and that FluxBB 1.4 would revert to being based on the 1.2 codebase.<ref name="future">{{cite web |author=Connor |date=2009-01-10 |df=mdy |title=The future of FluxBB |website=FluxBB |accessdate=2019-11-30 |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2465}}</ref> For FluxBB 1.4, several features were ]ed from 1.3, including ] support, a new default theme, and the ability to split and merge posts. The extension system, however, was not included.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} FluxBB 1.5 was released in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6328 |title=FluxBB 1.5.0 released |website=FluxBB |last1=Liedke |first1=Franz |date=2012-05-06 |df=mdy |accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref> | Originally a continuation of PunBB's 1.3 branch, it was announced in January 2009 that the then-current 1.3 branch would be discontinued, and that FluxBB 1.4 would revert to being based on the 1.2 codebase.<ref name="future">{{cite web |author=Connor |date=2009-01-10 |df=mdy |title=The future of FluxBB |website=FluxBB |accessdate=2019-11-30 |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2465}}</ref> For FluxBB 1.4, several features were ]ed from 1.3, including ] support, a new default theme, and the ability to split and merge posts. The extension system, however, was not included.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} FluxBB 1.5 was released in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6328 |title=FluxBB 1.5.0 released |website=FluxBB |last1=Liedke |first1=Franz |date=2012-05-06 |df=mdy |accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref> | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| {{Commonscatinline}} | |||
| * {{official website|http://punbb.informer.com/}} | * {{official website|http://punbb.informer.com/}} | ||
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Screenshot
 PunBB 1.4.2 using the standard Oxygen style | |
| Original author(s) | Rickard Andersson |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | PunBB Team |
| Initial release | 2003; 22 years ago (2003) |
| Stable release | 1.4.6 
/ 2021-03-09; 3 years ago |
| Repository | |
| Written in | PHP |
| Type | Internet forum |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | punbb |
PunBB (PunBulletinBoard) is a lightweight PHP-based internet discussion board system released under the GNU General Public License. The project's primary goal is to be a faster, smaller and less graphic alternative to discussion boards such as phpBB, Invision Power Board or vBulletin. Many open-source and commercial projects' discussion boards use PunBB. Until September 2011, Facebook's Developers were using Facebook Developer's Forum for discussions and bug reports, which was powered by PunBB.
PunBB was originally designed to output standard XHTML, with speed and simplicity in mind. Features such as private messaging, polls, file sharing and attachments were not originally implemented. However, they have since been released as third-party modifications. PunBB supports extensions since version 1.3.
History
PunBB was founded by Rickard Andersson as a personal project to create an alternative to either over-featured or too graphic discussion boards. In August 2003, version 1.0 was released under the GNU General Public License. The developer released version 1.2 in January 2005 and immediately began work on version 1.3.
PunBB was originally known simply as Pun because "a pun is a play on words and that's basically what happens on a bulletin board". The BB addition stands for bulletin board. PunBB is available in many languages, including: Spanish, Russian, Italian, and many other languages. Languages are created by contributors of the project, languages are not officially made by PunBB. However, they are supported.
In 2007 the project's code and rights were sold to Informer Technologies, Inc. The company did not institute any major changes at first other than removing the ability to donate money to the project. The work on version 1.3 continued and in the beginning of 2008 the beta version was released. In April 2008, Rickard Andersson decided to leave the project due to personal reasons. As a result, some developers followed suit, and initiated the development of their own fork, known as FluxBB. A few days later the company moved the project from punbb.org domain to its projects' umbrella domain at punbb.informer.com.
The work on version 1.3 was resumed and minor changes, as well as, some bug fixes were introduced in updates. In March 2011 the company released version 1.3.5 and in September 2011 version 1.3.6 became available to public. The third quarter of 2011 gave birth to a significantly revised version of the engine, 1.4.0, which was the latest one at the time.
In February 2012, PunBB released version 1.4.2.
In June 2015, after 3 years of the last version released in 2012, PunBB has released the 1.4.3 version.
In October 2015 the 1.4.4 version has been released.
In January 2021 version 1.4.5 was released.
In March 2021 version 1.4.6 was released.
Requirements
PunBB is written in PHP and thus requires a PHP interpreter. PunBB also requires a database in which all forum data is stored. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite.
Forks
FluxBB
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Screenshot
 A screenshot of FluxBB 1.4 with the standard Air theme. | |
| Developer(s) | FluxBB Team |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 27, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-27) |
| Stable release | 1.5.11 / December 31, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-12-31) |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | PHP / SQL |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Internet forum |
| License | GPL |
| Website | fluxbb |
FluxBB is a fork of PunBB created by its developers after Andersson left the project in April 2008. The developers felt that forking was necessary to maintain control over the development process without the influence of commercial interests. As with PunBB, it is released under the GNU General Public License. In July 2008, FluxBB was announced as a finalist in SourceForge.net's 2008 Community Choice Awards in the "Best New Project" category.
Originally a continuation of PunBB's 1.3 branch, it was announced in January 2009 that the then-current 1.3 branch would be discontinued, and that FluxBB 1.4 would revert to being based on the 1.2 codebase. For FluxBB 1.4, several features were backported from 1.3, including UTF-8 support, a new default theme, and the ability to split and merge posts. The extension system, however, was not included. FluxBB 1.5 was released in May 2012.
In July 2012 it was announced that FluxBB 2.0, the next major version of the software, would be based on the Laravel web framework, with existing work ported to the new framework.
In 2015, FluxBB's lead developer Franz announced they would merge the project with another forum software named "Flarum" alongside esoTalk lead developer Toby Zerner. This caused a brief uproar in the FluxBB community.
See also
References
- "PunBB 1.4.6 has been released". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- Ohloh Analysis
- Dhiraj, Prof Dr Amarendra Bhushan (Feb 6, 2010). "Top Best free open source forum application Software". ceoworld.biz. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- ^ "PunBB". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- ">Who uses punbb - PunBB Wiki". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "Loading..." forum.nevercorner.net. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "Forex Forum". forexsb.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "Musikcube". Archived from the original on 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- Facebook Developers' Forum
- "project_history - PunBB Wiki". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "Interview with Rickard Andersson", The Admin Zone, November 23, 2005, archived from the original on March 15, 2006
- Rickard Andersson's official website
- "PunBB". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "PunBB 1.4.3 (Page 1) — News — PunBB Forums". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "PunBB 1.4.4 (Page 1) — News — PunBB Forums". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- ^ "PunBB". punbb.informer.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- Connor (May 9, 2008). "Development team announcement". FluxBB. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- Ohloh code analysis
- "Introducing FluxBB - FluxBB". fluxbb.org. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "Sourceforge CCA 2008 finalists". sourceforge.net. Retrieved Oct 24, 2022.
- "SourceForge.net Names Finalists for Community Choice Awards". Wireless News. July 7, 2008. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2012. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
- Connor (January 10, 2009). "The future of FluxBB". FluxBB. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- Liedke, Franz (May 6, 2012). "FluxBB 1.5.0 released". FluxBB. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- Liedke, Franz (July 7, 2012). "A new future for FluxBB 2.0". FluxBB. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- Liedke, Franz (March 16, 2015). "2.0: Joining forces with Flarum". FluxBB. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
External links
Media related to PunBB at Wikimedia Commons