ikonboard or YaBB?

I have looked around for a few weeks now for a message board for a client. They want one.... but they don't want to "buy" anything.... has anyone used either of these? Just looking around they seem the best of the free script boards.

I noticed ikonboard just released version 3.0 on the 12th of this month. Has anyone tryed it?


Anyhow, give me your opinions on these boards.

Never tried either. Try looking into phpBB as well. I use it, even an OLD version, with many hacks installed, and I'm happy with it.

My friends are quite happy with phpbb, they use it for their it class forums.

Take Ikonboard, it's just as good as vB in my opinion, easy to install to. YaBB is nice but the graphics provided wth it aren't to good and somehow I just don't like it. Phpbb is the ugliest of all and doesn't have very much fancy options, just the necessary stuff.

Just check the forums of the sites to see wich one you like most.

Ikonboard:
http://forums.ikonboard.com/

YaBB:
http://yabb.xnull.com/community/

Phpbb
http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB/

BTW - The forum is free so you can install it for yer client but you shouldn't charge them for it.

http://www.woltlab.de/

check this board.. hot off the block

I'm gonna use it and its free. as good as VB