imageboards

🍜 an overview of popular imageboard software

• Popular
• Various other
• Legacy, inactive or abandoned
• Closed source

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
Wakaba	Perl + RDBMS	Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby
Kareha	Perl + RDBMS	textboard-only version of Wakaba
TinyIB	PHP + MySQL	Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby
Lainchan	PHP + MySQL	Fork of vichan	Lainchan
FChannel	Go + PostgreSQL	a libre, self-hostable, federated, imageboard platform that utilizes ActivityPub	fchannel.org, fchan.xyz, usagi.reisen, penchan.xyz, poopchan.org, chan.cum.salon, chan.getgle.org

Various other

name	language/stack	comments	notable deployments
doushio	NodeJS + Redis	Real-time features
mei	Ruby on Rails + RDMBS
maniwani	Python, Docker	REST-API	Futatsu
meguca	Go + RethinkDB + Typescript	Real-time features
µchan	Python + PostgreSQL + TypeScript + Memcache + Varnish	Lightweight and scalable
Nelliel	PHP + RDBMS	Originally a fork of Futallaby
Picoboard	Django + React
Hexchan	Django		Hexchan
Monaba	Haskell + Yesod		Haibane
makiba	PHP	Futaba-style imageboard script that doesn't require a database.

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
Edaha	PHP + RDMBS	Fork of Kusaba X, no updates since 2013
Tinyboard	PHP + MySQL
Futaba	PHP + MySQL	The godfather of imageboard scripts, used on 2chan
Futallaby	PHP + MySQL	Fork of Futaba
4jhan	NodeJS + RDMBS	board engine only (JSON-based server-client architecture)

Closed source

name	language/stack	comments	notable deployments
Taimaba	Perl + MySQL	Fork of Wakaba	420chan

Other ressources

• http://www.9ch.in/overscript/
• http://9ch.in/over/index2.pl