I remember running a forum 3 to 4 years back, it was hosted at invisionfree and was a lot of fun. After a while I bought the Invision license since I loved it’s interface, though some of my friends preferred Phpbb and the rest had different opinions of their own. Before I started the forum, I had to go through finding and registering for different boards before I made the decision and most of people might be going through the same process currently. So here’s a list of some great free forums/boards, hosting different softwares (Invision/Phpbb etc) with/without technical supports, themes and much more.

1- Invision Free

I’ve always been a big fan of Invision, used it for my personal forums, bought the license for our company etc because of it’s great interface and functionality. InvisionFree has a lot of nifty features like upload attachments to posts, easily customize skins, images, logo, emoticons, great support, no pop-up ads and much more.

2- FreeForums

FreeForums uses phpBB, provides unlimited bandwith with 24/7 support, 99% uptime and many many features. You can register there in no time and start using it. It’s a perfect choice for someone who wants to maintain a free phpbb based forum.

3- Forumotion

Forumation is another great service that lets you gives you the ability to choose either Phpbb or Invision as your forum version. With over 3000 skins to choose from, free image hosting, chatbox, gallery and lots more, it’s a must check out.

4- ProBoards

ProBoards is the home of over 17 million users hosted at over 2,000,000 message boards with good support, easy customization and more. They update you on the server status every 5 minutes and provide a nice service.

5- Forums-Free

Forums-Free hosts Phpbb based forums. They provide you with 1 GB of space for uploading your content which may be a picture, music or any other attachment. You can customize your forum with over 40 themes of their own, comes in 30+ different languages and much more.

6-Yuku

Yuku not only provides you with a board but a community, free to set up and easy to build. With loads of feature including, pre-designed skin library, Powerful administrative tools, chat, photo galleries, polls, community calendars, in-line video embedding etc, it’s another great service,

7- eAmped

eAmped runs on Lefora forum software which claims to be way better than invision/phpbb or vbulletin.  They provide free forums / hosting, no limits on posts or members, Visual editors, Seo optimized, can choose different themes (Provided by eAmped) for customization, daily backups and much more.

8- Forumer

Forumer is a well know service that provides free forum/boards based on either Invision of Phpbb. They have over 35 servers and are currently hosting more than 200,000 forums. Features depend on the type of service (Phpbb or Invision) that you need. With active suppport forums, server status etc, it might be the one for you.

9- ZetaBoards

ZetaBoards is another fantastic place to get a free forum/board. They have good support, you can customize your forum’s skin with a click on a button and much more!

10- Hyperboards

Hyperboards provides you with a free remotely hosted message board/forum provider. You can create a free fully customizable forum with basic and advanced skin modes, custom images, menus and buttons, Multi-managing maintenance tools, ability to login to multiple forums at once, etc in minutes.