What forum software did you start with?

[Nogitsune]

Forumotion(2011)

mybb(early 2012)

Smf(Spring 2012-Summer 2012)

IPB(Summer 2012-Spring 2013)

Xenforo(Spring 2013- Summer 2013)

IPB(Summer 2013- Summer 2014)

Xenforo(Summer 2014)

 

[PoetJC]

I started with vBulletin 3.5.4 circa 2006. The forum I started then is now on Xenforo.
Unfortunately I haven't had much time in the past several months to stir up member activity - so the community is kinda like this now

J.

 

[Sherrie]

vbb 2.x

 

[Rici]

SDC Forum
phpBB 1 & 2 (2001-2003)
vBulletin 2 (2003-2004)
vBulletin 3 (since 2004) !
wBB 4.1 (hopefully from 2015 on)

Mojo Madness
IPB 3 (since 2013)

 

[John L.]

vB 2.x got me started. I remember the difficulties of adding plugins and how many code changes you had to make to files. Yikes!

But...it did spark my love for creating forum communities.

 

[radu81]

2005 PHPHBB (forum hacked and closed)
2006— till now smf
2013 xf

 

[MalafeX]

ipb 1.2

 

[Casmic]

I first created a forum using Zetaboards. I still don't think it was all that bad, really, but I decided to use something I could host on my own server.

 

[AllanD]

I first started out on Proboards and realized I wanted more control so moved to SMF 1.0 in 2005.

 

[Num7]

Started on vBulletin. Now using xenForo and SMF.

 

[Shelley]

IPB(Summer 2012-Spring 2013)

Xenforo(Spring 2013- Summer 2013)

IPB(Summer 2013- Summer 2014)

Xenforo(Summer 2014)

 

[Andrew B.]

First forum software I used was Usenet and the original Compuserve. The first one I set up myself was vBulletin 3.

 

[lordi]

started with phpBB platform around 2009, but then I got bored fast, then migration into SMF
After got enough money, bought IPB,

 

[Lisa]

Wow, I actually started my first forum back in 2000/2001 on ezboard. Hated it from the moment we started it, quickly discovered vBulletin and that was that.

 

[TJA]

phpBB (circa 2000/2001) > IPB > stopped for a while > vB4 > Xenforo

 

[K730]

Probably a good topic to revive for some nostalgia I started with Ezboards and Ikonboard 1.
20 years of looking at Matt M's code, not much has changed
Nearly all startup communities ended in cjb.net back then

Some interesting ones not listed in the menu would be Mercury Board, MyTopix and YaBB.
I remember YaBB having a niche following, YaBB SE was quite nice

 

[Pete]

YaBB SE was quite nice

It still lives on, YaBB SE became SMF. Shame the last 10 years was such a bust with it.

 

[Bionic Rooster]

I started with Skyline back in the 80's ...............

 

[southernlady]

Started with PHPBB, then moved to an early version of vB (just before 3 came out), then I tried Simple Machines cause I wanted a second forum but didn’t want to use a paid one. At one point I tried IPB but that was back in the day you could sell it, thought about going back to vB but it was after 4 had come out. Then I discovered XF in the very early days. Still using that one.

 

[Arcade King]

Aussie Arcade started on Yabb then VB3, 3.5, 4 and 5. Hoping to move to Invision or Xenforo in the next future.