flatboard

Flatboard

Fast and lightweight flat-file forum software, Json powered. We're just getting started, so if you have any questions, comments, bugs to report or enhancements that should be implemented, please do feel free to post those here on GitHub.
Online demo/support: https://flatboard.org

Getting Started

• Installation
• License

REQUIREMENTS

System requirements

Make sure your server meets the following requirements.

• Webserver (Apache)
• PHP 8 or higher

PHP extensions

Flatboard needs the following PHP extensions to be enabled:

• PHP mbstring module for full UTF-8 support.
• PHP gd module for image processing.
• PHP json module for JSON manipulation.

Installation

1. Download the latest version from flatboard.org
2. Extract the archive.
3. Upload flatboard.zip and index.php to your server/hosting.
4. Visit your domain http://domain.com/flatboard
5. Follow the Flatboard Unpack & the Installer to configure your website.

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Frédéric Kaplon.