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MyBB vs Misago: catalog facts
MyBB	Misago
Free Free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 licence, supported by donations.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Large catalogue of plugins and themes Built-in template and theme editor	Sign-in through more than 50 OAuth providers Markdown and BBCode posting
Traditional bulletin board design rather than a modern chat-style forum Needs a PHP web server you maintain yourself	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: LGPL-3.0	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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