CGISpy Forum is message board system made in powerful perl language. It has many advanced features, including a news system, a must for perl developers.
When you heard the word simple what will you be thinking? This is a fully functional mini discussion board. It is not exactly "mini" but compared to the standard forum type discussion board it is a lot smaller.
Features:
• All in one single script file (msgboard.cgi).
• Single forum for all topics.
• Notes sending to other users.
• Simple File Explorer allow you to explore and manage files.
• Easy edit plain text files within File Explorer.
• Old topics will be automatically removed when limit reached.
• Board skin support (one file for board theme).
• Easy template (board insertable to any HTML template).
• Simple installation. Upload and run.
• And many more.
CGIForum is an attempt to build a good, light-weight, free forum that does not require you to display the author's name or some kind of other advertisement and needs no database server. It features: Template-based easy customization, User registration, Expandable/collapsible threads of unlimited depth, Message search engine, and Web-based admin to manage the overall forum.
bbBoard v2 is the best message board software, guaranteed*! bbBoard is completely customisable and code-modifiable, in various languages. Because of bbBoard's clean interface and auto-installation and updation features, it makes it an uncomplicated tool for even the novice computer user! bbBoard can be accessed using a cellular phone (WAP), NNTP, Telnet, and MSN Messenger. And you still can interact by posting, sending PMs, using the Chat feature, visiting the Calendar or posting a webcam recording.
Unlimited boards - each customized just the way you like it and fully threaded. Unlimited, personal, colored membership handles. All configurations for everything are done online through the web browser. IP/URL banning, search engines for each bulletin board. More info on the site.
CuteCast bulletin board offer you the perfect combination of speed thrills and knockout features. Whether you want unlimited boards and categories, ability to add your own custom emoticons on the fly, invite-a-friend feature, ranking system or et cetera, CuteCast provides the tools you need to make your homepage more interactive and entertaining.
Gilland Forum Software is your way to bring your website community together. Feature packed, including multiple topics, categories, user registration, profile editing, searching, user deactivation, pinning and closing threads, email notification, topic subscription, template system, language packs and much, much more. Can easily compete with all the popular forum engines!
Colloquius is a simple but powerful BBS engine. The package contains a members database which is used for authentication and administration. Users can post, edit and delete messages, as well as create and update profiles. Administrators can moderate messages or topics, and can fully configure the board via the web.
Forum Express is a child of the old Gilland Forum Software. Written to suit small website, FE is extremely fast and reliable. Has only the core features needed, and not all the added fluff of more popular boards.