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Flarum

Who runs Flarum, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest forum software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
MyBB

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Flarum

Flarum flarum.org

Free, open-source forum software built by the community. Beautiful, fast, and extensible — made for communities of all sizes.

Wikidata: Internet forum software

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Flarum tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 13 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
3 tools
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

  • Privacy-friendly analytics

    Counts visits without cookies or personal profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Flarum

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Flarum, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than FlarumNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Flarum match.

  1. 01
    MyBB mybb.com No trackers

    MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software

    The official homepage for MyBB, a free and open source PHP forum software.

    Compare MyBB with Flarum →
  2. 02
    Discourse discourse.org English 2 trackers

    Discourse | One platform. Any community.

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

    Compare Discourse with Flarum →
  3. 03
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

    Compare WordPress with Flarum →
  4. 04
    Laravel laravel.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Laravel - The clean stack for Artisans and agents

    Laravel is a framework for building modern web apps and AI agents. Expressive syntax, built-in tools, and everything you need to ship fast.

    Compare Laravel with Flarum →
  5. 05
    Launchpad launchpad.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Launchpad

    software forge

    Compare Launchpad with Flarum →
  6. 06
    Forgejo forgejo.org English No trackers

    Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge.

    Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

    Compare Forgejo with Flarum →
  7. 07
    Ghost ghost.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform

    Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

    Compare Ghost with Flarum →
  8. 08
    Circle circle.so English 2 trackers

    Circle | The complete community platform

    Build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand.

    Compare Circle with Flarum →
  9. 09
    bookstackapp.com English No trackers

    BookStack

    BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.

    Compare bookstackapp.com with Flarum →
  10. 10
    MainWP mainwp.com English 2 trackers

    MainWP: Manage Multiple WordPress Sites, Self-Hosted

    Manage multiple WordPress sites from your own MainWP Dashboard. Self-hosted and open source, with unlimited sites and no per-site fees.

    Compare MainWP with Flarum →
  11. 11
    Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

    Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

    Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

    Compare Appwrite with Flarum →
  12. 12
    LibreOffice libreoffice.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a free office suite

    Compare LibreOffice with Flarum →
  13. 13
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

    Compare Odoo with Flarum →
  14. 14
    erpnext.com English No trackers

    Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext

    ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!

    Compare erpnext.com with Flarum →
  15. 15
    Seafile seafile.com English No trackers

    Seafile - Open Source File Sync and Share Software

    Seafile is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share solution with high performance and reliability. Sync, access, and collaborate on files on your own server or private cloud.

    Compare Seafile with Flarum →
  16. 16
    Wiki.js js.wiki English No trackers

    Next Generation Open Source Wiki — Wiki.js

    A wiki that scales from a weekend side project to thousands of contributors. Self-hosted, incredibly fast, and entirely yours to shape.

    Compare Wiki.js with Flarum →
  17. 17
    phpMyAdmin phpmyadmin.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    phpMyAdmin

    database administration tool

    Compare phpMyAdmin with Flarum →
  18. 18
    Wikidot wikidot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting

    Polish wiki hosting corporation

    Compare Wikidot with Flarum →
  19. 19
    WooCommerce woocommerce.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    WooCommerce

    WooCommerce is the open-source ecommerce platform that helps merchants and developers build successful businesses for the long term.

    Compare WooCommerce with Flarum →
  20. 20
    PBworks pbworks.com English 1 tracker

    Capture knowledge, share files, and manage projects within a secure, reliable environment | PBworks - Online Team Collaboration Software

    PBworks lets your team capture knowledge, share files, and manage projects. It tracks every change, and automatically notifies you and your team to keep everyone in the loop. PBworks is secure, reliable, and accessible from any computer or mobile device, so your team can use it anywhere they go. You can even use it with clients or partners. And because it's hosted, you don't need to download any software or manage any servers.

    Compare PBworks with Flarum →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Flarum’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Flarum uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Flarum adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,208
Vector
384-d
Query
37 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Flarum’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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