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imageboards
🍜 an overview of popular imageboard software
Popular
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| LynxChan |
NodeJS + MongoDB |
all functionality exposed via JSON based RPC |
LynxHub |
| vichan |
PHP + MySQL |
Fork of Tinyboard |
Wizardchan, Brchan |
| infinity-next |
PHP + RDBMS |
Rewrite of infinity, built on top of the Laravel framework |
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| Wakaba |
Perl + RDBMS |
Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby |
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| Kareha |
Perl + RDBMS |
textboard-only version of Wakaba |
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| TinyIB |
PHP + MySQL |
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| Lainchan |
PHP + MySQL |
Fork of vichan |
Lainchan |
Various other
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| 4jhan |
NodeJS + RDMBS |
board engine only (JSON-based server-client architecture) |
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| doushio |
NodeJS + Redis |
Real-time features |
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| mei |
Ruby on Rails + RDMBS |
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| maniwani |
Python, Docker |
REST-API |
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| meguca |
Go + RethinkDB + Typescript |
Real-time features |
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| µchan |
Python + PostgreSQL + TypeScript + Memcache + Varnish |
Lightweight and scalable |
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| Nelliel |
PHP + RDBMS |
Originally a fork of Futallaby |
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Legacy, inactive or abandoned
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| infinity |
PHP + MySQL |
deprecated in favor of vichan and/or infinity-next |
8chan |
| Kusaba X |
PHP + RDMBS |
no updates since 2013 |
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| Edaha |
PHP + RDMBS |
Fork of Kusaba X, no updates since 2013 |
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| Tinyboard |
PHP + MySQL |
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| Futaba |
PHP + MySQL |
The godfather of imageboard scripts, used on 2chan |
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| Futallaby |
PHP + MySQL |
Fork of Futaba |
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Closed source
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| Taimaba |
Perl + MySQL |
Fork of Wakaba |
420chan |
Other ressources
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