🆚 Flarum vs. PunBB
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Flarum is twice as popular as PunBB.
- 🌎 Flarum is more popular in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 PunBB is more popular in Russia, the Czech Republic, and Poland.
Type
Internet forum software
Internet forum software
About
Flarum is an open-source discussion platform written in 
PHP.
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-based open source discussion board.
Headquarters
Arnhem, Netherlands
Pricing
Free version ✔️Open source
Managed hosting€50+/month
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
Internet Forum Software › Rank #13
Internet Forum Software › Rank #15
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Flarum Internet forum software is 2 times more popular than PunBB.
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, the United States, and the United Kingdom, while PunBB is more popular in Russia, the Czech Republic, and Poland.
Russia
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
France
Czech Republic
Netherlands
China
Poland
Austria
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Flarum is more popular among sites focused on games, while PunBB is more commonly used on forum, bulletin boards sites.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Games
Business
Entertainment
Finance/Banking
Web Mail
Software/Hardware
Technical/Business Forums
Potential Illegal Software
Alcohol
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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