MegaforBB - Enterprise Forum Software

Powerful, Secure, and Fast Community Forum
An open-source community forum that combines a classic forum experience with modern enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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About

MegaforBB is a community forum platform built on the enterprise-grade Forecor hybrid kernel. It combines Symfony Dependency Injection and Event Dispatcher with Laravel Eloquent ORM, with a strong focus on security, performance, and extensibility.

Key Features

Forum & Community

• Category and subforum structure, topic prefixes, tags
• Private topics, scheduled publishing, Q&A mode
• Article / blog categories and portal homepage
• Private messaging (PM), inbox, and quota management
• Member profiles, reputation system, profile comments, profile viewers
• Online members, member list, activity feed
• Announcements, ad slots, widget system
• Multi-language support (Turkish and English included)

Security

• Attack Mode — activates the strictest security presets in RAM during an attack
• Early-layer global rate limiting and RTBH (IP blocklist)
• NDJSON file-based security audit logs (no DB load, automatic rotation)
• Security headers (X-Frame-Options, nosniff, XSS protection, HSTS)
• CSRF protection, captcha, Stop Forum Spam integration
• Admin 2FA, invitation system, role and permission management
• Censorship / word filtering, file verification manifest

Performance & Infrastructure

• File or Redis cache (APP_URL-based prefix isolation)
• HTML/CSS/JS minification (HtmlMinifier)
• PHP gzip compression, Varnish-compatible setup
• Meilisearch full-text search integration
• S3-compatible file storage (Flysystem)

Extensibility

• Plugin architecture via Event Dispatcher and PluginLoader
• Twig-based theme engine with template inheritance
• Idelist module — idea / suggestion list with voting
• Documentation module (tree-structured pages)
• RSS feed import
• Data import from XenForo, MyBB, and MegaforBB

Admin Panel

• Forum, user, role, permission, and moderation tools
• Theme management, PWA settings, SEO / Open Graph
• Backups, cron jobs, error logs
• Contact messages, email templates
• Critical error alerts via Telegram webhook

Architecture

MegaforBB runs on the Forecor hybrid kernel:

Request → public/index.php (Front Controller) → Forecor\Core\Application → Symfony DI (ContainerBuilder + auto-wiring) → Symfony Router & Event Dispatcher → Illuminate Eloquent ORM (database) → Twig (themes) + App layer (controllers / services / models) 

Requirements

Optional (recommended for production):

• Redis — cache and sessions
• Meilisearch — full-text search
• Varnish — HTTP cache layer

Installation

MegaforBB v1.1.3 — the first stable release — is now available and ready to use.

Download the latest package from GitHub Releases.

1. Upload the files

Extract megaforbb-upload.zip from the release archive and upload it to your hosting account.

2. Import the database

Import the database from megaforbb-database.zip using phpMyAdmin or a similar tool.

No migrations required. The release includes a fully prepared database — just import it and you are good to go.

3. Configure the environment file

On your hosting, rename .env-simple to .env and edit its contents to match your website:

APP_NAME=MegaforBBAPP_ENV=ProductionAPP_DEBUG=falseAPP_URL=https://forum.example.comAPP_KEY=# A strong random keyAPP_LOCALE=enAPP_TIMEZONE=UTCDB_HOST=127.0.0.1DB_DATABASE=forum_dbDB_USERNAME=forum_userDB_PASSWORD=your_passwordCACHE_DRIVER=file# or redisSESSION_DRIVER=fileMEILISEARCH_HOST=http://127.0.0.1:7700

4. Default admin credentials

Change the password immediately after your first login.

The admin panel is available at /admin by default (configurable via ADMIN_PATH).

5. Clear the cache

Clear the application cache and your server's opcode cache after installation. You can also use Performance → Clear Cache in the admin panel.

That's it — MegaforBB is ready to use. Enjoy!

Optional: Cron job

For scheduled tasks (RSS imports, scheduled topics, etc.), set up a cron job to run every 5 minutes:

*/5 **** php /path/to/forum/public/cron.php

You can also trigger cron from the Cronjobs section in the admin panel.

Directory Structure

MegaforBB/ ├── App/ # Application layer (controllers, models, services, migrations) ├── Forecor/ # Hybrid kernel (DI, router, bootstrap) ├── Inc/ │ ├── Lang/ # Language files (tr, en) │ ├── Plugin/ # Plugins │ └── Template/ # Themes (frontend + admin) ├── Route/ # Web, admin, and API route definitions ├── public/ # Front controller and static assets ├── Content/ # Cache, logs, backups, build ├── Library/vendor/ # Composer dependencies ├── .env # Environment configuration └── .htaccess # Apache rules (nginx.vhost example included) 

Themes

MegaforBB ships with three ready-made frontend themes:

Themes can be activated and customized from the admin panel.

Plugins

Plugins live in the Inc/Plugin/ directory. Each plugin follows this structure:

• plugin.json — metadata
• plugin.php — event listener definitions
• routes.php — optional routes
• views/ — Twig templates

Built-in example: AI Auto Reply — automatically generates replies to newly opened topics via an AI assistant user.

Data Import

From the admin panel, you can import data from:

• XenForo
• MyBB
• MegaforBB (from another installation)

Import runs step by step; progress is tracked in the panel.

Development

Install dependencies for a development environment:

composer install

Optional dev tools:

composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer phpstan/phpstan

With APP_DEBUG=true, errors are shown in detail via Whoops. In production, use APP_DEBUG=false; errors are written to Content/storage/logs/.

For upgrades or custom setups, migrations can be run manually:

php Forecor/bin/migrate.php php Forecor/bin/migrate.php --status

Update Check

MegaforBB checks version.json daily via cron. The current version and file manifest are read from this URL.

Support & Contributing

MegaforBB is completely free and open source.

Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request to contribute.

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