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:ramen: an overview of popular imageboard software

imageboards

🍜 an overview of popular imageboard software

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
Kareha Perl + RDBMS textboard-only version of Wakaba
TinyIB PHP + MySQL Inspired by Futaba and Futallaby
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
JSChan NodeJS + MongoDB Anonymous imageboard software. Classic look, modern features and feel. Works without JavaScript and supports Tor, I2P, Lokinet, etc 94chan ptchan

Various other

name language/stack comments notable deployments
doushio NodeJS + Redis Real-time features
mei Ruby on Rails + RDMBS
maniwani Python, Docker REST-API Futatsu
meguca Go + RethinkDB + Typescript Real-time features meguca
µchan Python + PostgreSQL + TypeScript + Memcache + Varnish Lightweight and scalable
Nelliel PHP + RDBMS Originally a fork of Futallaby
Picoboard Django + React
Hexchan Django Hexchan
Monaba Haskell + Yesod Haibane
makiba PHP Futaba-style imageboard script that doesn't require a database.
Double Plus PHP + MySQL/PostgresSQL Modular Modern Imageboard, works without JS wrongthink

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
Edaha PHP + RDMBS Fork of Kusaba X, no updates since 2013
Tinyboard PHP + MySQL
Futaba PHP + MySQL The godfather of imageboard scripts, used on 2chan
Futallaby PHP + MySQL Fork of Futaba
4jhan NodeJS + RDMBS board engine only (JSON-based server-client architecture)

Closed source

name language/stack comments notable deployments
Taimaba Perl + MySQL Fork of Wakaba 420chan

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