# FlaskBB [](https://travis-ci.org/flaskbb/flaskbb) [](https://coveralls.io/r/sh4nks/flaskbb) [](https://landscape.io/github/sh4nks/flaskbb/master) [](https://flaskbb.org) [](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=flaskbb) *FlaskBB is a Forum Software written in Python using the micro framework Flask.* Currently, following features are implemented: * Private Messages * Admin Interface * Group based permissions * Markdown Support * Topic Tracker * Unread Topics/Forums * i18n Support * Completely Themeable * Plugin System * Command Line Interface Checkout the [FlaskBB Forums](https://forums.flaskbb.org) to see an actual running instance of FlaskBB. Use demo//demo as login for the test user. ## Quickstart For a complete installation guide please visit the installation documentation [here](https://flaskbb.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html). This is how you set up an development instance of FlaskBB: * Create a virtualenv * Configuration * `make devconfig` * Install dependencies and FlaskBB * `make install` * Run the development server * `make run` * Visit [localhost:5000](http://localhost:5000) ## License FlaskBB is licensed under the [BSD License](https://github.com/sh4nks/flaskbb/blob/master/LICENSE). # Links * [Project Website](https://flaskbb.org) * [Documentation](https://flaskbb.readthedocs.io) * [Source Code](https://github.com/sh4nks/flaskbb)