phpBB
A modern open-source project transforming an internet-ancient medium
Discussion Forums
phpBB2: 2002
phpBB3: 2007
vBulletin2: 2001
vBulletin4: 2010
SMF1: 2004
SMF2: 2011
MyBB1.6: 2010
More than 10 years of web development and all we got was rounded corners?
Vanilla2: 2010
Discourse1: 2013
Facebook
Stack Exchange
Quora
How can a volunteer driven open-source project compete?
Collaboration, flexibility and speed
Frameworks & Tools
Small teams, no red tape
Iterative improvement, short path from idea to release
phpBB3.1: 2014
Symfony Components
phpBB Extensions
Responsive Design
Notifications
Many UI Improvements
phpBB3.1: 2014
Thank you.
Questions?
@naderman