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:ramen: an overview of popular imageboard software
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Popular
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Various other
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Legacy, inactive or abandoned
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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 |
| Wakaba |
Perl + RDBMS |
Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby |
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| Kareha |
Perl + RDBMS |
textboard-only version of Wakaba |
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| TinyIB |
PHP + MySQL |
Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby |
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| Lainchan |
PHP + MySQL |
Fork of vichan |
Lainchan |
| FChannel |
Go + PostgreSQL |
a libre, self-hostable, federated, imageboard platform that utilizes ActivityPub |
See https://fchannel.org/instance-index.html |
Various other
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| doushio |
NodeJS + Redis |
Real-time features |
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| mei |
Ruby on Rails + RDMBS |
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| maniwani |
Python, Docker |
REST-API |
Futatsu |
| meguca |
Go + RethinkDB + Typescript |
Real-time features |
meguca |
| µchan |
Python + PostgreSQL + TypeScript + Memcache + Varnish |
Lightweight and scalable |
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| Nelliel |
PHP + RDBMS |
Originally a fork of Futallaby |
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| Picoboard |
Django + React |
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| Hexchan |
Django |
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Hexchan |
| Monaba |
Haskell + Yesod |
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Haibane |
| makiba |
PHP |
Futaba-style imageboard script that doesn't require a database. |
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Legacy, inactive or abandoned
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| infinity-next |
PHP + RDBMS |
Rewrite of infinity, built on top of the Laravel framework |
9chan |
| infinity |
PHP + MySQL |
deprecated in favor of vichan and/or infinity-next |
8chan |
| Kusaba X |
PHP + RDMBS |
no updates since 2013 |
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| Edaha |
PHP + RDMBS |
Fork of Kusaba X, no updates since 2013 |
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| Tinyboard |
PHP + MySQL |
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| Futaba |
PHP + MySQL |
The godfather of imageboard scripts, used on 2chan |
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| Futallaby |
PHP + MySQL |
Fork of Futaba |
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| 4jhan |
NodeJS + RDMBS |
board engine only (JSON-based server-client architecture) |
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Closed source
| name |
language/stack |
comments |
notable deployments |
| Taimaba |
Perl + MySQL |
Fork of Wakaba |
420chan |
Other resources
- https://overscript.net/
- http://www.9ch.in/overscript/
- http://9ch.in/over/index2.pl
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