Best Community Software for PHP
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Compare the Top Community Software that integrates with PHP as of October 2025
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This a list of Community software that integrates with PHP. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with PHP. View the products that work with PHP in the table below.
What is Community Software for PHP?
Community software provides organizations with the tools to build, manage, and engage online communities, enabling users to interact, collaborate, and share content. These platforms typically include features like discussion forums, messaging, content sharing, event management, and member directories. Community software is used by businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits, and other organizations to foster engagement, create support networks, and promote collaboration among members. It can be customized to suit different types of communities, such as customer communities, social groups, or professional networks, and can include tools for moderation, analytics, and member management. Compare and read user reviews of the best Community software for PHP currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Kunena
The Kunena Project
Kunena is a free, fully integrated forum extension for Joomla that requires no bridges or hacks. Kunena offers easy customization through template overrides and the Hierarchical Model-View-Controller (HMVC) design pattern, allowing developers to tailor the forum's appearance and functionality to their needs. Optimized for performance, Kunena delivers faster loading times, especially when running on PHP 7, resulting in a 200-300% speed increase. It is designed with minimal requirements, is compatible with most web hosting providers, and supports various web servers, including Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, and IIS. Kunena continues to evolve, with a dedicated team of volunteers committed to providing a reliable, scalable, and robust forum solution for the Joomla community. Starting Price: Free -
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PunBB
PunBB
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are to be faster, smaller, and less graphically intensive as compared to other discussion boards. PunBB has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but is generally faster and outputs smaller, semantically correct XHTML-compliant pages. PunBB is written in PHP and thus requires the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PunBB also requires a database for storing forum data. For that purpose, PunBB supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. Some features that I have so far chosen not to implement are private messaging, file attachments, polls, linking to off-site avatars, advanced text formatting controls, subforums, etc. The jury is still out on some of these features, but don't expect them to pop up anytime soon. It should however be noted that most, if not all of these features have been realized in the form of third-party mods.
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