<s>
PunBB	O
(	O
PunBulletinBoard	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
PHP-based	O
internet	B-Application
discussion	I-Application
board	I-Application
system	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
primary	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
faster	O
,	O
smaller	O
and	O
less	O
graphic	O
alternative	O
to	O
discussion	B-Application
boards	I-Application
such	O
as	O
phpBB	B-Application
,	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
or	O
vBulletin	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
open-source	O
and	O
commercial	O
projects	O
 '	O
discussion	B-Application
boards	I-Application
use	O
PunBB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
Developers	O
were	O
using	O
Facebook	B-Application
Developer	O
's	O
Forum	O
for	O
discussions	O
and	O
bug	O
reports	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
powered	O
by	O
PunBB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PunBB	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
output	O
standard	O
XHTML	B-Language
,	O
with	O
speed	O
and	O
simplicity	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PunBB	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Rickard	O
Andersson	O
as	O
a	O
personal	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
either	O
over-featured	O
or	O
too	O
graphic	O
discussion	B-Application
boards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2003	O
,	O
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
some	O
developers	O
followed	O
suit	O
,	O
and	O
initiated	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
fork	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
FluxBB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PunBB	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
thus	O
requires	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
SQLite	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FluxBB	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
PunBB	O
created	O
by	O
its	O
developers	O
after	O
Andersson	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
PunBB	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
FluxBB	B-Language
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
net	O
's	O
2008	O
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
New	O
Project	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
PunBB	O
's	O
1.3	O
branch	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
that	O
the	O
then-current	O
1.3	O
branch	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
FluxBB	B-Language
1.4	O
would	O
revert	O
to	O
being	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1.2	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
FluxBB	B-Language
1.4	O
,	O
several	O
features	O
were	O
backported	O
from	O
1.3	O
,	O
including	O
UTF-8	O
support	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
default	O
theme	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
split	O
and	O
merge	O
posts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FluxBB	B-Language
1.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
FluxBB	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
next	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Laravel	B-Language
web	O
framework	O
,	O
with	O
existing	O
work	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
FluxBB	B-Language
's	O
lead	O
developer	O
Franz	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
merge	O
the	O
project	O
with	O
another	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
named	O
Flarum	B-Protocol
alongside	O
esoTalk	O
lead	O
developer	O
Toby	O
Zerner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
caused	O
a	O
brief	O
uproar	O
in	O
the	O
FluxBB	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
