Software used for this forum?

A question about : Software used for this forum?

Hi All, 1st time poster here so I hope someone can answer my question.

I am hoping to release a website which will predominantly be a forum where users will discuss a certain subject (Nothing to do with moneysavingexpert I hasten to add ).

I know this is a long shot but I'm just wondering what software is used to create this forum? Anyone have any idea?

Kind Regards
WD

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• I don't know if this is any good, a few reviews are ok.
  It's a short free online course about building your own forum.
  You may find something there to help you.
  https://www.udemy.com/build-an-onlin...Uk99B0kYc0w%3D
• Thanks SailorSam, I'll give it a look now. vBulletin looks fairly impressive so it will be interesting to see how the two compare.
  I've been given phpbb as another alternative so I've got plenty of reading to do tonight
• Hi
  Yes, just to reiterate what GrumpyPL said, we have a lot of custom hacks on our Vbulletin so it's best not to assume everything you see will be on a version you use.
  Hope that helps
  Andrea
• PS to see a version of Xenforo being used have a look at AVforums. They switched to it from Vbulletin in 2013 (if my memory serves me right) and they're pretty happy with it.
• Could be wrong, but I don't think vB are even issuing licences to new customers for vBulletin 3.x?
  They are now up to version 5 which in itself is significantly different from v3 which this board is based upon, even if you ignore the fact that it's heavily customised here.
  xenforo also do a demo board that you can test all the features on for yourself --> https://xenforo.com/demo/
• Thanks All, your input is very much appreciated.
  Would I be right in thinking that if I were to invest in either of vBulletin or xenForo then they would host the site as part of their fee? Or is their fee purely for the software? I would then have to source a company to host my forum?