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lincanbin/Carbon-Forum — Facilitate online discussions with a fast, modern forum | Sourcevana

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Carbon-Forum

Facilitate online discussions with a fast, modern forum experience.

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PHP1.8K421Updated 6y agoAbandoned

Quick Overview

What is this?

Carbon-Forum is a PHP-based, high-performance open-source forum software. It features a tag-based discussion style similar to Quora and Stack Overflow, along with real-time notifications and full asynchronous design. Installation involves ensuring directory writability and visiting `/install` in your browser.

What problem does it solve?

Facilitate online discussions with a fast, modern forum experience.

Who should use it?

It's for developers or organizations seeking a performant, self-hostable PHP forum with modern discussion features.

Setup difficulty:Medium

Pros

Supports Quora/StackOverflow-style tag-based discussions.
Provides real-time notification pushes to users.
Optimized for high front-end and back-end performance.

Cons

Requires specific server configurations, including PHP 5.4+, MySQL 5.0+, and URL rewrite modules.
Upgrading involves manually deleting and re-uploading files, then running an update script.

Scores

Trust Score

52

Star reputation (15%)65

Star velocity 7d (15%)0

Commit recency (15%)5

Fork ratio (10%)76

Issue ratio (10%)51

Contributor signal (10%)84

README quality (5%)100

License (5%)100

Homepage/demo (5%)100

Docs URL (5%)0

Topic count (5%)80

Maintenance

39

Commit frequency20

Issue management50

Documentation85

Popularity

47

Stars40

Forks40

Growth trend10

Star History

Snapshot Versions

Version	Commit	Size	Downloads	Date
latestLatest	HEAD	8.5 MB	0	1mo ago

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README

Carbon-Forum

A high performance open-source forum software written in PHP.

Related Projects

API Documentation
Android Client for Carbon Forum

Demo/Official Website

项目简体中文官网: www.94cb.com
Project's English Official Website: en.94cb.com
專案繁體中文官網: tw.94cb.com

Requirements

PHP version 5.4.0 or higher.
The PDO_MYSQL PHP Package.
MySQL version 5.0 or higher.
The mod_rewrite Apache module / ngx_http_rewrite_module / ISAPI_Rewrite IIS module / IIS7+.
The mod_headers module is needed if you run Carbon Forum on Apache HTTP Server.

Install

Ensure that the entire directory are writable.
Open http://www.yourdomain.com/install and install.
Open the Forum, and register. The first registered user will become administrator.

Trust Score

52

Sourcevana Trust · 52/100

License

Apache-2.0

Languages

PHP45.9%

JavaScript38.3%

CSS10.6%

HTML4.9%

Other0.2%

Topics

carbon-forum forum mysql php

AddedMay 4, 2026

UpdatedJun 18, 2026

Last commit6y ago

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