Development

phpBB is an open-source project and has some specifics as such:

• The developers are volunteers from around the world. phpBB is an example of a successful open-source project. It has an impressive team list of about 50 people, when most open-source projects have two or three.
• There’s a community of users who often convert into collaborators.

You might be wondering how the community and the open-source nature of phpBB can help its development. There are a lot of ways, but just to name the major ones:

• Using and thus testing the software
• Reporting bugs so they can be fixed by the developers
• Contributing new features through MODs and hacks, and in this way extending the functionality
• Contributing new templates for the other phpBB admins to use
• Supporting other phpBB users with tips and advice
• Advocating and promoting phpBB, in this way increasing the size of the community

phpBB is under constant development. The work for version 3 is well underway, and in the spirit of this open-source project, the work in progress is available for preview and comments as it’s developed.