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MyBB — Free, Powerful & Extensible

Your community deserves better than Facebook. Meet MyBB.

Facebook decides who sees your posts, shows ads to your members and could remove your group without warning. MyBB hosted on Nexforum gives you the real alternative — no algorithm, no ads, total ownership. One-click install, up and running in 60 seconds. Free for 30 days, then just £0.99/month.

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MyBB Hosting Plan
£0/first 30 days
then £0.99/month
One-click MyBB install (Softaculous)
2GB NVMe SSD storage
Unlimited bandwidth
1 email account included
Free SSL certificate (Let's Encrypt)
Daily automated backups
Custom domain support
Zero ads — guaranteed
Start Free — No Card Needed
Secured by Stripe · Cancel anytime · No lock-in
60s
Average setup time
2GB
NVMe SSD storage
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Bandwidth included
£0.99
Per month after trial

The honest comparison

What Facebook takes from you. What MyBB gives back.

Facebook group admins put in the work. Facebook takes the control. Here's exactly what changes when you move your community to your own MyBB forum on Nexforum.

Your Facebook Group
📉Reach has collapsed — Facebook's algorithm often shows posts to fewer than 10% of your members, prioritising paid content over yours
📢Ads are injected into your community by Facebook — monetising an audience you built, without sharing any of it with you
🚫Your group can be removed overnight by an automated system — years of posts and community history gone with little recourse
🔍Facebook Groups are largely invisible to Google — your discussions never bring in new members through search
🔒Requiring a Facebook account locks out members who've left the platform or never joined — your audience is gatekept by Meta
Your MyBB Forum on Nexforum
📬No algorithm — every post is immediately visible to every member who visits. Your community sees what you post, every single time
🚫Zero ads, no exceptions — your members see only your community's content. Nothing injected, nothing sold around your discussions
🔐You control the hosting — nobody can shut your forum down overnight. Your community stays live on your terms, always
🌍Every thread is indexed by Google — your community grows organically as search engines discover and rank your discussions
🙋No Facebook account required — anyone with a browser can join your community. No barriers, no exclusions, no third-party gatekeeping
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Ready to move your Facebook group to a forum?

Our full migration guide walks you through the whole process — picking your forum software, setting up your boards and bringing your members across smoothly.

Read the Migration Guide →

About MyBB

Why active communities choose MyBB.

MyBB is a free, open-source forum platform built for communities that want genuine depth and flexibility. Originally launched in 2002, it's evolved into one of the most feature-complete forum platforms available — with a plugin ecosystem and customisation options that put Facebook Groups to shame.

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Real Organisation, Not a Feed
Facebook's feed buries posts within hours. MyBB organises discussions into boards by topic — members can navigate to exactly where they want to be, find old threads instantly and follow the conversations that matter to them.
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Thousands of Free Plugins
The MyBB Extend repository has plugins for reputation systems, social login, post ratings, real-time chat, advanced search and hundreds more. Build exactly the features your community needs without paying a penny extra.
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Fast by Design
MyBB is engineered to be lean and efficient. On Nexforum's NVMe SSD infrastructure, pages load quickly even under heavy traffic — no sluggishness, no timeouts, no frustrated members hitting the back button.
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Granular User Groups
MyBB's permission system is one of the most detailed in the forum world. Control read, post and moderation rights per board, per user group. Promote trusted members to moderators, create VIP sections or keep certain boards invite-only.
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Thousands of Free Themes
Give your community its own visual identity. Choose from a large library of free MyBB themes or customise one from scratch. Your forum looks like your brand — not a cookie-cutter template that looks like everyone else's.
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Email Notifications That Work
MyBB emails members when someone replies to their threads or topics they follow. No algorithm deciding whether they see activity — direct notification, every time, guaranteed. Members stay engaged because they're actually informed.

Why Nexforum for MyBB

Infrastructure built for your MyBB community to grow.

MyBB deserves hosting that keeps pace with an active community. Every Nexforum plan delivers fast storage, unlimited bandwidth and rock-solid reliability — so you can focus on your members, not your server.

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NVMe SSD — Database Fast
MyBB is database-intensive — every page load, search and profile view hits MySQL. NVMe solid-state storage makes those queries respond in milliseconds, keeping your forum snappy whether you have 100 posts or 100,000.
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Truly Unlimited Bandwidth
No caps, no throttling, no overage charges. When a post goes viral in your community and traffic spikes, your MyBB forum stays fast and accessible. We never penalise you for being popular.
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Free SSL, Always Renewed
Every Nexforum account includes a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate that renews automatically. Your MyBB forum serves over HTTPS from day one — no configuration, no cost, no expired certificate warnings for your members.
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Daily Automated Backups
Your community's posts, member accounts and uploaded files are backed up daily. If a plugin update causes an issue or something goes wrong, we restore your MyBB installation quickly with minimal data loss.
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DDoS Protection Included
Growing communities sometimes attract unwanted attention. Nexforum's network-level DDoS protection keeps your MyBB forum online and accessible even when it comes under pressure from automated attacks.
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Run It on Your Own Domain
Bring your own domain name and your MyBB forum lives at a proper address that reflects your community's identity. Your members find you via your URL, not a generic hosting subdomain that could change any time.

Getting started

From Facebook group to live MyBB forum in three steps.

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Start Your Free Trial

Sign up at Nexforum — no credit card required. Your 30 full days start immediately. You get the complete plan, not a cut-down demo. No risk, no commitment.

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Install MyBB in One Click

Open Softaculous in your control panel, find MyBB and click Install. Choose your domain, set an admin password — the installer configures your database and files automatically in under 60 seconds.

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Invite Your Members Over

Set up your board categories to match your group's topics, pick a theme and share your forum link in your Facebook group. Many communities fully migrate within a week — and most members prefer the forum format immediately.

From the community

Facebook group admins who moved to MyBB.

★★★★★

"I'd been running an anime Facebook group for three years — 5,400 members, really active. Then reach cratered. Posts that used to get 200 comments were getting 15. Moved to MyBB on Nexforum during the free trial and the difference in member engagement is night and day. Everyone actually sees everything now."

Daniel F.
Anime community, 5,400 members
★★★★★

"My Facebook group was full of ads between posts — members were complaining constantly. Moving to MyBB was the best decision I made for the community. Clean, fast, no distractions. The Softaculous install took about two minutes and everything just worked straight away."

Sophie L.
Creative writing forum, 900 members
★★★★★

"The 30-day free trial meant I could install my existing theme and plugins, test everything properly and even run both the Facebook group and the forum in parallel before committing. When the trial ended I didn't hesitate — £0.99 a month for full ownership is a complete no-brainer."

Tom A.
Retro gaming community, 1,100 members

Frequently asked questions

MyBB hosting — your questions answered.

Is MyBB a good platform for a Facebook group migration?
MyBB is an excellent choice. Its board structure maps naturally to how Facebook groups are typically organised by topic, the permission system gives you far more moderation control than Facebook offers, and the plugin ecosystem means you can add almost any feature your community needs. It's particularly well-suited to active, content-heavy communities.
Will my members find MyBB easy to use?
Yes. MyBB's interface is clean and intuitive — posting, replying, quoting and following threads are all self-explanatory. The main adjustment from Facebook is moving from a single feed to organised topic boards, which most members appreciate quickly once they see how easy it is to find discussions.
Can I install MyBB plugins and themes on Nexforum?
Absolutely — with no restrictions. Your MyBB installation is fully self-hosted, so you can upload any plugin or theme from the MyBB Extend repository or third-party sources via the file manager or FTP, exactly as you would on any standard hosting environment.
Do my Facebook group members need to create new accounts?
Yes — your members will register on your MyBB forum separately. This is actually a benefit: they're joining a community that belongs to you, not Meta. MyBB also supports social login plugins if you want to make registration quicker for members who prefer it.
Is there a limit on posts, threads or members?
No artificial limits at all. The practical constraints are your 2GB NVMe storage (which goes a very long way for a text-based forum) and bandwidth (which is unlimited). Most communities with hundreds of thousands of posts use only a fraction of 2GB — images and attachments are the main storage consumers.
What happens when my 30-day free trial ends?
Your MyBB forum continues running without any interruption at £0.99/month, billed securely via Stripe. You'll get a reminder before the trial ends. If you decide not to continue, simply cancel at any point — no charges, no lock-in, no questions asked.

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