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Part of the IPS Community Suite

IP.Board is an application in the IPS Community Suite. See how our apps work together.

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IP.Board gives users the tools and features they need to participate easily and use the tools to manage focus and drive growth.


Successful communities have discussion at their core, which is why our IP.Board forum software is the foundation of our community suite. Whatever kind of community you run, IP.Board can help you achieve your business goals by fostering vibrant discussion.



IP.Board forum software powers thousands of communities, small and large.

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Flexible Permissions

Flexible forum permissions allow you to control exactly who sees what. Control viewing, replying, attaching & more on a per-group or even per-user level.

Friendly Composing

Our editor makes it easy to compose posts with rich formatting. It even saves drafts and notifies you of topic updates while you're typing.

Painless Moderation

We make it easy for moderators to do their thing. Tools to queue, review, move & split topics/posts. Tools to manage members - and much more!

Absorb More Content

There's numerous features for absorbing content. Follow interesting topics. Find all new content. Or find everything posted by a particular member - easy!




See more of what IP.Board has to offer in the IP.Board feature tour

Security & Privacy

IP.Board takes data and user security seriously. Numerous visible and invisible security measures protect your community, while privacy options allow members to protect themselves.

Developer Friendly

Add new features and displays to IP.Board using its extensive hook points and some custom code. We have plenty of developer documentation, plus a friendly community ready to help you.

Fully Brandable

Like the rest of our Community Suite, IP.Board can be styled to match your brand identity perfectly. Try our new Visual Skin Editor for point-and-click customization of your community!