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Talkyard vs MyBB: catalog facts
Talkyard	MyBB
Freemium Self-hosting is free; the hosted service offers a free trial.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 licence, supported by donations.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Combines forum, Q&A, idea voting and blog comments in one tool Optional anonymous comments	Large catalogue of plugins and themes Built-in template and theme editor
Chat features are basic Documentation is incomplete	Traditional bulletin board design rather than a modern chat-style forum Needs a PHP web server you maintain yourself
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: LGPL-3.0
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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