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FluxBB
FluxBB 1.4 Screenshot
Developer(s) FluxBB.org Developers
Stable release 1.2.22 / August 31, 2009
Preview release 1.4 RC3 / April 22, 2010
Operating
system
PHP / MySQL
Type Internet forum
License GPL
Website fluxbb.org [1]
FluxBB is a lightweight free software PHP-based internet discussion board system. FluxBB is a fork of the PunBB
project, created in response to developers protesting the increasing emphasis of a partnership with a corporate
organization on the PunBB project. [2] [3] [4] [5]
As with PunBB, it is released under the GNU General Public License.
History
decision. [5]
FluxBB 1.2
FluxBB is a fork of PunBB which was created by Rickard
Andersson. In 2007, PunBB was sold to a commercial company.
Development continued under the direction of Rickard Andersson
until April 2008. At that time Rickard Andersson announced he
would be ceasing his active involvement with the project, at least
temporarily.
In light of the changed circumstances the remaining members of
the development team decided to fork the project in order to regain
control over future project direction. FluxBB was the result of this
FluxBB was announced as a finalist in SourceForge.net's 2008 Community Choice Awards [6] in the "Best New
Project" category. [7]
Although it was developed under a version 1.3 branch under both PunBB and FluxBB, it was announced in January
2009 that the then-current 1.3 branch would be discontinued, and that the future FluxBB 1.4 would revert to being
based on the 1.2 codebase. As a result, version of 1.3 with all known bugs fixed was released as the "1.3-legacy" in
April 2009. [8]
To maintain compatibility between the two forum systems, the PunBB developers have imported changes to the core
made in FluxBB to the PunBB core, although it is foreseen that the two forums' feature sets will diverge in the
future. [9]