MiniBB

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miniBB

miniBB.net forums - using the default skin
Developer:	Paul Puziryev and Sergei Larionov
Latest release:	2.0.2 / August 31, 2006
OS:	Any PHP and MySQL compatible OS
Use:	Internet forum
License:	GNU General Public License (basics)
Website:	www.minibb.net

miniBB - an abbreviation of "minimalist bulletin board" - is a flat-type (not threaded) free PHP-powered discussion board, is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are being user-friendly, faster and not overwhelmed by a large number rarely used features as compared to other discussion boards.

miniBB can be used on all operating systems that are able to support the PHP scripting language. Current release of miniBB 2.0 supports MySQL database as a data storage. miniBB 1.x also works with PostgreSQL and MSSQL.

First released in 2002, now running on tens of thousands communities all over the world wide web. Some of the worlds biggest discussion boards with over a million of posts are using miniBB.

[edit] History

miniBB project was created by Paul Puzyrev and Sergei Larionov. Both are programmers from Latvia, Riga.

Both Sergei and Paul were willing to start their own project on PHP. Paul needed a simple customizable forum system, so he involved Sergei in the miniBB project, which turned into the mature bulletin board with its own peculiarities, making it different from many other free open source boards.