⚡ Internet Forum Software in India

Internet forums, also known as message boards or bulletin boards, are online discussion sites that allow users to start discussions, post replies, and interact in an organized, threaded format with moderation and user management tools.

India is a South Asian country with a population of over 1.4 billion people.

According to our statistics, Internet forum software is used on 0.2% of websites from India.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top Internet forum software in India in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is bbPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 63.4% share.
It is followed by XenForo with 11.6% and phpBB with 4.5%.

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top softwares that is more popular in India than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Internet Forum Software

Below is a more detailed list of 11 Internet forum software solutions used on sites from India, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
bbPress
San Francisco, California, United States

A free plugin that adds forum functionality to WordPress websites.

FreeOpen source
2
XenForo
London, United Kingdom

A commercial Internet forum software based on PHP and MySQL.

$195+
3
phpBB
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

An open-source forum software written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
4
vBulletin
El Segundo, California, United States

A commercial forum software platform written in PHP that uses a MySQL or MariaDB database.

$179+
5
Invision Community
Richmond, Virginia, United States

A commercial, customizable community software built with PHP and MySQL.

$99+/month
6
NodeBB

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.

FreeOpen source$20+/month
7
Simple Machines Forum
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Open-source PHP forum software used to host and manage online community discussion boards with a SQL database backend.

FreeOpen source
8
Discourse
Dover, Delaware, United States

An open-source community platform built on Ruby on Rails.

FreeOpen source$20+/month
9
MyBB

An open-source, community developed bulletin board software built with PHP.

FreeOpen source
10
Discuz!
Hefei, China

A Chinese Internet forum software written in PHP.

Free18,800 RMB+
11
Higher Logic Thrive
Arlington, Virginia, United States

A cloud-based community platform for associations.

$10,000+/year

👉 See Also

Data is based on the analysis of 67,209 websites from India.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.