: VBulletin is the best forum software from a user/administrator perspective imo, but for developers it's really annoying. The code is very complicated, themes have to be edited inside the browser

@Gloria169

vBulletin is the best forum software from a user/administrator perspective imo, but for developers it's really annoying. The code is very complicated, themes have to be edited inside the browser in small textareas as they are saved in the database (so no Eclipse or Zend Development Environment :( ) and writing plugins can be a challenge too sometimes, especially when you need certain global variables. They have added a lot of hooks over the years though, which is pretty useful for making plugins.

If it's going to support a rather big community and you don't have a lot to develop for it, take vBulletin. If you have to develop a lot, want freedom in your html templates and don't have a +10k userbase, you should try something else. MyBB sounds promising.

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