Alternatives

Products that do what MegaforBB does

Secure, fast, and extensible open‑source forum platform

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Supabase▲2,328
The Postgres developer platform is now generally available
2024 · supabase.com
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Flarum – Delightfully simple open-source forum software▲163
2015 · flarum.org
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Wylo▲698
Customizable community platform
2023 · wyloapp.com
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I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.▲632
Hey HN, Over the past two years, I've been building Upbase, an all-in-one PM tool. I've tried so many project management tools over the years (Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Teamwork, Wrike, Monday, etc.) but they've all fallen short. Most of them are overly complicated and painful to use. Some others, like Trello, are too limited for my needs. Most importantly, most of these tools tend to be focused on team collaboration and completely ignore personal productivity. They are useful for organizing my work, but not great at helping me stay focused to get things done. That's why I decided to build…
2022 · upbase.io
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Lumen▲173
A PHP micro-framework by Laravel
2015
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Laravel Forge▲125
Instant PHP platforms on Linode, DigitalOcean, and more
2014
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Supabase (Beta)▲322
The open source Firebase alternative.
2020
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Orange Forum – Web 1.0 style forum written in Go▲226
2017 · goodoldweb.com
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Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407
Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting
2021
10SA
Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208
2014 · softcover.io
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NodeBB▲86
A better community platform for the modern web
2014
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Forem for iOS▲90
Community for everyone
2021
13CO
Colanode, open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative▲147
Hey HN, I'm Hakan, the founder of Colanode (https://github.com/colanode/colanode), an open-source, local-first collaboration app combining the best of Slack-style chats and Notion-style note-taking, fully self-hostable for complete data control. Here's a quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1hoSCEArg As a heavy Notion user, I often found it tough to get my teams fully onboard since people naturally gravitate toward chat for quick interactions. Maintaining context between chat apps like Slack and documentation apps like Notion became increasingly…
2025 · github.com
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Buzz▲161
Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place
Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz
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Fosscord – open-source and selfhostable alternative to discord▲40
2021 · fosscord.com
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BaseBuddy▲103
Turn your Supabase database into a WordPress-like editor
May 2026 · basebuddy.stack127.com
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fortrabbit▲79
PHP platform-as-a-service (PaaS)
2014
18AD
Anonymous Discussion Platform For Any Topic (think Reddit meets Slack)▲72
2017 · hashtags.chat
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Getusefeed▲64
Feature voting & public roadmap for small SaaS teams.
Jun 2026 · getusefeed.com
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PgRebase, codebase management for Postgres▲66
2016 · github.com
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Teh Playground▲87
Rapid online PHP prototyping
2016
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We built a platform for forums and called it Microcosm▲41
2014 · microco.sm
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Discourse▲43
New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.
2014
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ArtisanForge: Learn Laravel through a gamified RPG adventure▲38
Hey HN, I built ArtisanForge, a free platform to learn PHP and Laravel through a medieval-fantasy RPG. Instead of traditional tutorials, you progress through kingdoms, solve coding exercises in a browser editor, earn XP, join guilds, and fight boss battles. Tech stack: Laravel 12, Livewire 3, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js. Code execution runs sandboxed via php-wasm in the browser. What's in there: - 12 courses across 11 kingdoms (PHP basics to deployment) - 100+ interactive exercises with real-time code validation using AST analysis - AI companion (Pip the Owlox) that uses Socratic method – never…
Feb 2026 · artisanforge.online

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