Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software. Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software. Discourse. ASKBOT/askbot-devel. DjangoBB - django-based forum app. ProBoards. ProBoards is a free, remotely hosted message board service that facilitates online discussions by allowing people to create their own online communities. Ownership and Service Statistics[edit] ProBoards was founded and is owned by Patrick Clinger, who wrote the ProBoards software. The service hosts over 3,000,000 internet forums, which in turn have approximately 22,800,000 users worldwide.[2] Currently, all ProBoards forums combined receive a total of over 600 million pageviews per month,[3] making ProBoards one of the largest websites on the Internet. Software history[edit] Proboards is coded in Perl, a popular programming language with web developers.
Previously, due to the remotely hosted nature of the service, users cannot modify the software directly as with some forum systems, but some customisation is possible through the use of CSS or JavaScript codes. The first day of business for ProBoards was January 1, 2000. ProBoards upgraded to version 4 of its software on April 30, 2005.