🆚 PunBB vs. XenForo
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 XenForo is much more popular than PunBB.
- 🌍 XenForo is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ PunBB is particularly popular in Russia.
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About
PunBB is a fast and lightweight 
PHP-based open source discussion board.
XenForo is a commercial Internet forum software based on PHP and MySQL.
It includes built-in support for question and answer threads, articles, media embedding, 
Markdown and BBCode editing, a robust add-on ecosystem with thousands of extensions and custom themes, and a full REST API for external integrations.
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Awards
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the Internet Forum Software category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Internet Forum Software category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Internet Forum Software category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Internet Forum Software category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Internet Forum Software category.
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