Simple Machines Forum
Simple Machines Forum is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in PHP. It has 753 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 753
- Forks
- 271
- Open issues
- 131
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,601
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.1.8Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Jan 24, 2012
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,601 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,601 |
| Latest release | v2.1.8 (Oct 11, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 14 |
| Open issues | 131 |
| Open pull requests | 60 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 24, 2012 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Simple Machines Forum
Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF.
Topics
- smf
- php
- forum
- mysql
- mysqli
- postgresql
- bsd-3-clause
- simplemachines
- simplemachinesforum
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Is Simple Machines Forum free and open source?
Yes. Simple Machines Forum is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Simple Machines Forum with Docker?
Simple Machines Forum does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Simple Machines Forum?
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Is Simple Machines Forum actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Simple Machines Forum was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,601 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.1.8, published Oct 11, 2026. It had 131 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.