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AsmBB vs Misago: catalog facts
AsmBB	Misago
Free Free and open source under the EUPL-1.2.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Very small resource footprint Single SQLite database, no separate database server	Sign-in through more than 50 OAuth providers Markdown and BBCode posting
Small community and few extensions compared with mainstream forums Documentation lives mainly in forum threads	Still on 0.x releases with features in active development Requires running a Python and Django stack
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: EUPL-1.2	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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