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Flarum
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6 Recommendations
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9 Recommendations
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2 Recommendations
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4 Recommendations
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Pros

Francisco
JollyUttu

Pro
Very fast loading time

CompassionateAphrodite

Pro
Dis

CompassionateAphrodite

Pro
Lots of features

The developers do a great job adding new bells and whistles.

IntuitiveHuehueteotl

Pro
Based on (but not built with) Laravel

Flarum was originally based on Laravel and uses the Eloquent ORM. But it is not a traditional Laravel software.

Cons

CaringRobigus

Con
Slow development

Development moves at a glacial pace.

Alex
ehf

Con
Very complicated installation process on shared hosts

This is not a MySQL+PHP application. it is impossible or very hard to install on shared hosts compared to vanilla or phpbb.

Commonly Compared

Flarum
vs
AsmBB
6 Recommendations
NodeBB
31 Recommendations
Discourse
67 Recommendations
XenForo
11 Recommendations
Vanilla
9 Recommendations
ElkArte
7 Recommendations
Fruum
2 Recommendations
phpBB
4 Recommendations
 

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