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Flarum vs AsmBB: catalog facts
Flarum	AsmBB
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the EUPL-1.2.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Large ecosystem of community extensions Group permissions and built-in moderation	Very small resource footprint Single SQLite database, no separate database server
Needs a PHP server to host Version 2.0 is still a release candidate	Small community and few extensions compared with mainstream forums Documentation lives mainly in forum threads
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: EUPL-1.2
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	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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