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"Provided a perfect platform on which to build our community-website. Easy-to-use interfaces, flexibility of the system, timely security-updates and ultimate flexibility in regards to customization has made it a breeze to build viable professional web site with a funding of a non-profit! Brilliant package!" — Kimmo

Not XMB, not DevBB, but MyBB

MyBB's roots lie in the discussion boards XMB and DevBB

Years ago, Chris Boulton, web34rk and b0ndman started developing XMB. After some time, web34rk and b0ndman left the team and Chris became lead developer of a team with two other developers. Over time, staff shifted again and several developers didn't like the way things were heading. Together, they forked XMB and created DevBB. DevBB was the predecessor to MyBB, a temporary solution for people to use whilst MyBB was being developed. Development teams changed frequently, but MyBB is still here with Chris Boulton as lead developer since 2002.

Interesting facts

Things you didn't know about MyBB

• The MyBB community grew from 2,000 to 5,000 members in the months June 2006 to August 2006. That's 1,000 new members a month!
• The developers work on MyBB in their spare time only, but they still managed to fix over 400 bugs - and include countless small suggestions - during a 7-week beta period!
• Support threads are usually answered within the hour. How is that for free and efficient support?
• MyBB consists of over 60,000 lines of code! (Blank lines and comments not included.)