Simple Machines Forum
★ 750A self-hosted alternative to Reddit
About
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a web forum platform used to create and manage online discussion communities. The repository described in the README is the development source for the project rather...
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Features
- forum software
- development repository
- branch-based release maintenance
- documentation/wiki install guide
- composer-based dependency installation
- developer dependency installation
- pull request workflow
- security reporting
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- Created
- Jan 24, 2012
- Install Methods
- source
- Requirements
- Composer v2 or higher
- Runtime / Stack
- PHP
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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