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Simple Machines Forum

SMF is free, elegant, feature-rich community forum software. It has a comprehensible and intuitive user interface. Joomla-SMF Forum is a component that integrates SMF forum to Joomla. Here you can learn how to install Joomla-SMF component on your Joomla website.

phpBB for Joomla

phpBB is a powerful, multi- functional, and easily modifiable bulletin board tool. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple administration, and helpful tutorial. In order to integrate phpBB into your Joomla website you would need the Joomla-phpBB component.

Joomlaboard

Joomlaboard, formerly known as SimpleBoard is a fully functional forum compononent for Joomla CMS. It cannot run standalone, though, but the functions it provides are really significant. Your users that are registered on your Joomla website are automatically registered in the Joomlaboard, too.

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