Forum Tools
The forum tools we detect on new sites, ranked by how many use each. Part of Business Tools.
- Tools tracked
- 11
- in Business Tools
- Sites
- 164
- using at least one forum tool
- Above 1%
- 8
- tools on more than 1% of them
What we found
- Asgaros Forum leads, on 44% of the sites using a forum tool, 2.3 times as many sites as Forumactif.
- Xobor is a regional leader, used almost entirely by sites in Germany.
The leading forum tools
| # | Movement | Tool | Country | Share | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Asgaros Forum
WordPress plugin that adds a lightweight discussion forum to a site.
|
44% | 72 | ||
| 2 |
Forumactif
Free hosted phpBB-based forum platform, serving its shared assets from illiweb.com.
|
19% | 31 | ||
| 3 | wpForo | 16% | 26 | ||
| 4 | ProBoards Free online forum hosting platform. | 6.7% | 11 | ||
| 5 | RaxBoard Forum and community board software with PWA support, emoji reactions and threaded messaging. | 4.3% | 7 | ||
| 6 | Xiuno BBS Lightweight Chinese forum (BBS) software. | 3.7% | 6 | ||
| 7 |
bbs1
Minimal open-source PHP forum software with a plugin system.
|
3.0% | 5 | ||
| 8 | Xobor German hosted forum and homepage builder service. |
|
2.4% | 4 | |
| 9 | DVZ Shoutbox AJAX-based shoutbox chat plugin for MyBB forums. | 0.6% | 1 | ||
| 10 |
GooseForum
Open-source self-hosted forum software built with Go and React.
|
0.6% | 1 |
Share is of the 164 sites using a forum tool; a site can use more than one. A flag means nearly all of a tool's sites are in that country. Arrows compare each tool's rank among sites launched in September with August. The line is its share of new sites over 90 days. Showing the top 10 of 11.
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Recently launched products using forum tools
| Product | Launched |
|---|---|
| Goto77 | 25 Jun 2026 |