vichan |  | | | Essentially an improved fork of Tinyboard and probably the most common imageboard script in use today. Recommended for beginners due to sane defaults and useful features like Tesseract OCR and DNSBL integration. |
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emanon |  | | | Modern extensions to Tablecat. Basically the de facto software for textboards now. In use at SAoVQ and other culturally significant websites. Most features are basic usability extensions to spiritual predecessors such as Shiichan. |
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Kareha |  | | | This is my favourite script. It is easy for beginners to modify and it runs well on low-end servers. Kareha is spiritually similar to Wakaba as it is written by the same author. It is very popular in textboard communities such as 4-ch.net and sageru.org |
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micrach |  | | | Tiny single board imageboard. Written as a side project when the author was learning Go. |
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multich |  | | | Multichan is a simple federated tag-based textboard with pseudo-image support, implemented with Python/Flask. It builds upon fashionable new federation concepts like the WebRing feature of vichan in that it also performs site-to-site replication of tags (boards) and posts. It also allows for browsing via a global index and receiving updates through Atom feeds. |
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meguca |  | | | Meguca is a fast multiboard system with all the modern trappings (catalogue, merged boards, formatting, etc). Like other recent imageboard softwares, it allows the user to register an account and use it for preserving contextual state. There is a public instance of Meguca at shamik.ooo (nsfw). |
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SchemeBBS |  | | | SchemeBBS powers textboard.org, it features typical kareha-style textboard features such as quoting and shiichan-style text formatting. The code itself has few dependencies and is written competently but may be too lightweight for some people. |
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RAL |  | | | RAL was written specifically for howler.space and attempts to focus on so-called perpetual posting (documented as ``continuities'') with a grid-style interface for viewing threads. |
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gemboard |  | | | Gemboard is a unique textboard system designed for the Gemini protocol. It runs as a system service and uses Postgres for data persistence. |
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nntpchan |  | | | The main feature of NNTPChan is that it uses the NNTP protocol to assist in decentralising the board data. To participate in posting, you must have permission to access a server within the graph or use a web client. For a while (between 2014-2018) it was popular, however as of 2019 it appears there are no web-accessible boards anymore. |
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werchan |  | | | the chan fell off. Probably a great choice if you run Plan 9 or want to use an almost CGI-free environment (!). |
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Treeboard |  | | | Treeboard is the first graph-based textboard software, designed for tree-board.net. It is implemented in C and uses a real graph implementation that renders as a giant svg file. It is remarkable in that the whole thing is implemented as a 1500 line C program. |
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Noder |  | | | Noder is a graph-based textboard that allows you to connect arbitrary posts to your own and visualizes them with a directed top-down graph. It is similar in spirit to TreeBoard but is more practical to navigate since it does not span horizontally. |
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atob |  | | | atob is a real-time textboard that uses a custom nodejs backend and has some unusual features such as color-based tripcodes and a real-time chat function. It also has a 'anonicator' feature which visualises live user activity. I think overall the system is very innovative. |
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PeachBoard |  | | | Peachboard is an ordinary 2ch-style textboard script that powers 2board.net. |
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Wakaba |  | | | Wakaba is a very old and popular script (slightly more popular than its cousin, Kareha) derived from Futallaby code. Wakaba uses a MySQL backend for storage. Wakaba's design serves as the scaffolding for many other scripts. |
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jschan |  | | | jschan is a futaba-style imageboard which uses Node.JS and MongoDB for the backend. It has some interesting features such as cyclic posts, webring support, and user-created boards. The code is almost entirely implemented by one author and uses modern development techniques like using models, migrations, etc. |
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Philomena |  | | | Philomena is a hybrid forum-imageboard script which runs as a standalone daemon. It was created specifically for derpibooru.org and features post-tagging, user registrations, forum/image search, and a Commissions function which is specific to Derpibooru. |
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Kusaba |  | | | Kusaba was once the most popular script for imageboards. Kusaba's history is tumultuous and colourful since it was the target of many hacking attempts partly due to the code quality and partly due to the types of communities which used it. The original author (Trevor) abandoned it in 2008 and Harrison Weston became the new maintainer. |
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LynxChan |  | | | LynxChan is a typical modern imageboard system. Over the years LynxChan has evolved into a popular fully-fledged software with a well-designed plugin system. The project is a one-man effort by Stephen Lynx. It is somewhat popular, currently being used by at least 20 websites as of writing (2021). |
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maniwani |  | | | Maniwani is an experimental BBS which purveys many modern ideologies such as REST API support, real-time updates and CDN support. The script is mainly being used by futatsu.org. |
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NodeChan |  | | | NodeChan is a Java-based peer-to-peer textboard client which relies on UPNP or the use of gossip servers to discover peers that contain other messages and threads on the board. It is by nature highly-decentralised and is therefore well-suited to use in a LAN scenario. At the time of writing, the implementation is incomplete but provides a functional proof-of-concept which seems reasonably simple to extend. |
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negoto |  | | | Negoto is a simple Futaba-style imageboard system written in the Ur/Web typed system. Currently it is not being further developed but provides a good basis for developing something more complex. |
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Phutaba |  | | | Originally written for ernstchan.net, Phutaba is a heavily-modified extension of Wakaba which adds post statistics, EXIF data extraction, catalog mode, and other small changes. As of 2021, it seems that ernstchan.com is no longer functional and the original github repository has been taken down. |
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Infinity Next |  | | | Infinity Next is a complete imageboard system implemented in Laravel. It was originally intended to be the replacement script for 8chan.net. It has a very high quality codebase and uses modern PHP practices. It would be a sensible choice for somebody looking to create a multi-imageboard website. |
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Monaba |  | | | Rich, featureful script implemented in the Yesod framework for Haskell. Mainly designed for haibane.ru, it has special functions for Tor-only operation and a tripcode replacement scheme called "prooflables". The system is straddling the line between pseudononymous systems and traditional forums as it supports private messaging and other user-identifying functions. |
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BlazeChan |  | | | pending futher information |
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wakarimasen |  | | | Wakarimasen is written for desuchan.net. Originally wakaba-compatible, it features an extended admin panel and supports multiple boards. |
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Glaukaba |  | | | wakaba fork with a lot of new changes |
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Mitsuba |  | | | made from scratch, has a module system |
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Futallaby |  | | | Futallaby is historically important, serving as the original codebase for 4chan.org. It is derived heavily from Futaba. Futallaby inspired many other scripts such as Kusaba, TinyIB, Tinyboard, TinyBB, etc. |
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Futaba |  | | | Futaba is the historical script written for 2chan.net which served as the spiritual basis for the vast majority of all other imageboard scripts. The significance of this script for the greater *chan community is understated. |
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μchan |  | | | Focus on separation of concerns. |
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livechan |  | | | self-styled "IRC-like imageboard" |
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Doushio |  | | | uses Redis as a datastore |
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FoolFuuka |  | | | made for archiving *boards, very fast |
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Macro |  | | | A script that I wrote in a weekend, largely inspired by Kareha. I ran it on 9ch.in for a while but now it is unmaintained. |
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Drydock |  | | | Drydock was a multi-board imageboard script which featurs a complete administration interface, similar to Kusaba. It was one of the first scripts to include a blotter function and image capcodes. The author appears to have stopped development since mid-2013. It was previously being used as the backend for kchan (url unknown). |
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iyagi |  | | | new clone of tablecat's backend |
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Hanako |  | | | strong focus on scalability |
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img2 |  | |
Regular Board |  | | | channel-style filtering, forum-like layout |
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Shiichan |  | |
gibson |  | | | emulates pre-internet BBSen with a JS console |
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TinyBB |  | | | there is TinyBB & TinyBBv3 |
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Tablecat |  | |
Siokara |  | |
PyIB |  | | | PyIB was originally written for PAQ.CC, an invite-only imageboard which used a system of referral tokens. Unfortunately the available source-code does not include this feature. The author appeared to stop development shortly after PAQ.CC went down. |
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Cynthia |  | |
Yotsubanome |  | |
TinyIB |  | |
Joyful Note |  | |
Ochiba |  | | | Ochiba was created out of the author's desire for a hybrid bbs script which allowed for imageboard-style commenting on top of a photo-blogging interface. It also supports RSS feeds, multiple-file uploads, and a keyword system for filtering. |
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4chandk |  | |
Pixmicat |  | | | taiwanese script based on japanese source |
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0ch |  | |
GazouBBS |  | | | Ancient, but fundamental to BBS script history. Some people (i.e. ToR) have written patched and translated editions (see: https://github.com/fukionline/gazoubbsfix-en). |
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Gazo-CH |  | | | this might be an alias for GazouBBS |
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Yotsuba |  | | | Yotsuba was written by team4chan for 4chan.org. It originally drew heavily from Futallaby's codebase but is now most likely using more ``scalable'' PHP practices. The download link is for an older leaked copy of the board rendering component. |
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REchan |  | | | REchan was written by a famous /prog/ shitposter for rechan.eu.org, it has a similar appearance to Kusaba X but evidence from archive.org suggests that it was written from scratch. Unfortunately there is no publicly-available source code since the main website went down. |
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Mikich |  | |
Tinyboard |  | | | Originally written for 4chon.net, Tinyboard was the first imageboard to utilise DNSBL filtering and make use of modern PHP practices, such as using APC for caching. The codebase has been used as the basis for other projects such as vichan. |
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Taimaba |  | | | 420chan's script. A very heavily modified and enhanced fork of Wakaba, adding many modern features and, amusingly, dynamic PHP output, making it an odd hybrid platform with a distinct backend and frontend. |
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Matsuba |  | |
C-BOARD |  | | | The download URL provided is for a modded version of C-BOARD. I cannot locate the original source. |
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K-Board |  | | | K-board has a couple of experimental features such as a "post map" which shows how many posts each user has made. |
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Tackynote |  | |
Mkakikomitai |  | | | japanese, emoticons and shit |
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Tackyvote |  | |
Mezase2 |  | |
Ignium |  | | | untested, website is horrid |
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Ha Chan |  | |
Orphereus |  | |
desuchan |  | | | forked from wakaba, lots of changes |
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ochan |  | |
kotoba-ib |  | |
imgboard.cgi |  | |
minibbs |  | |
Sweetnote |  | |
imageboard |  | |
mconv |  | | | last updated in 2004, archaic |
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Saguaro |  | |
Kakaha |  | |
himgb |  | | | This script is really old, the earliest mention of it is an old /prog/ thread. I have not seen it in use. |
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backyard |  | |
p2pchan |  | |
Thorn |  | | | Thorn was the author's first attempt at making an imageboard, based on Wakaba. The author has requested that I do not provide sources or other information so this serves simply as a reference to the fact it existed and was used at some point. |
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Anonsaba |  | | | Anonsaba is apparently back-doored, DO NOT USE |
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weabot |  | | | based on PyIB with most of the Kusaba feature set |
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mewBBS |  | |
miniboard |  | |
arcNET |  | | | used on 4chon, 314chan and mikuchan |
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Excelis |  | | | untested, has smilies and such |
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Nelliel |  | | | looks to be a decent Futallaby rewrite |
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Naranai |  | | | danbooru-type image script |
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NitPick |  | | | image-posting, unlimited thread length? |
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PerlHP-bbs |  | | | it's probably going to be better than kusaba. |
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Lucid Tea |  | | | level of completion undetermined, pending further testing. |
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Yamada IB |  | | | A long time ago the author sent me the source, unfortunately I have not retained it over the years. It is a fork of TinyIB. |
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Hatoya |  | |
EZ TREE |  | |
pdfbook |  | |
sbbs |  | |
Petit BBS |  | |
banabo |  | |
koutei |  | |
afbbs |  | |
Hydrogen |  | |
Infinity |  | | | Maintained fork of infinity |
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FutaBilly |  | | | JS-required imageboard OR NodeJS archiver |
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Double Plus |  | | | no-js modular modern imageboard in heavy development |
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ToyBBS |  | |
MMMB |  | | | MMMB is a mostly textboard-like forum script with PGP-based authorization/authentication. To post a message you have to sign it with PGP key. |
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