🆚 Flarum vs. NodeBB
- 📈 Flarum is noticeably more popular than NodeBB.
- 🌍 Flarum is more popular in Germany, China, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 NodeBB is more popular in India, Norway, and Canada.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Internet forum software
Internet forum software
About
Flarum is an open-source discussion platform written in PHP.
NodeBB is an open-source forum software built with Node.js that supports real-time streaming discussions, instant notifications via
WebSockets, multiple database backends (Redis,
MongoDB,
PostgreSQL), mobile-friendly responsive design, and a REST API.
Headquarters
Arnhem, Netherlands
Pricing
Free version ✔️Open source
Managed hosting€50+/month
Free version ✔️Open source
Cloud
Starter
(50K pageviews)$20/month
(50K pageviews)$20/month
Hamlet
(500K pageviews)$100/month
(500K pageviews)$100/month
Village
(2M pageviews)$250/month
(2M pageviews)$250/month
City
(10M pageviews)$750/month
(10M pageviews)$750/month
Categories
Internet Forum Software › Rank #13
Internet Forum Software › Rank #14
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Flarum Internet forum software is 1.6 times more popular than NodeBB.
Total websites
Market share
Internet Forum Software
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Flarum is more popular in Germany, China, and the United Kingdom, while NodeBB is more popular in India, Norway, and Canada.
United States
Germany
China
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Russia
Vietnam
Czech Republic
Austria
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Games
Fashion/Beauty
Sports
Portal Sites
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Potential Hacking/Computer Crime
Alcohol
Potential Illegal Software
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
See also
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,522,912 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.
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