# Kunena/Kunena-Forum

Kunena Forum - Forum / Bulletin Board / Discussions component for Joomla - This is the 6.x/5.x main development branch. Please do not open issues regarding earlier versions of Kunena

Repository: https://github.com/Kunena/Kunena-Forum
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kunena-forum
Homepage: https://www.kunena.org
Language: PHP
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: joomla, kunena, forum, discussions, support-forum
Last push: 2026-08-24T20:41:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5544, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 27.5, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1732, forks 807 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.845750+00:00)

## What it is
Kunena is a native Joomla forum component written in PHP that adds forums, bulletin boards, discussions, and comments to Joomla websites. It installs via the Joomla extension installer and requires Joomla 5.3.4+, PHP 8.2+, and MySQL/MariaDB.

## Use cases
- add a discussion forum to a Joomla site
- run a community bulletin board on Joomla
- create a support forum for a Joomla website
- enable user comments and discussions in Joomla
- self-host a community forum integrated with Joomla users

## When to choose
- your site is built on Joomla and you need integrated forum functionality
- you want a free, GPL-licensed, self-hosted forum tied to Joomla user accounts
- you need a mature Joomla-native alternative to standalone forum software

## When to avoid
- your site is not built on Joomla
- you need a standalone forum independent of a CMS
- you run an older Joomla version or legacy Kunena/Fireboard extensions

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: gui, web-framework, internationalization
- domain: cms, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: joomla, forum, bulletin-board, discussions, community, support-forum, web-server

## Member repositories
- Kunena/Kunena-Forum (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.845750+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:31:29.865869+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kunena/Kunena-Forum (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.845750+00:00, sha b580f372d139)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.