Free Forum and Message Board Hosting

Forums are a great way for any webmaster to add an interactive element to a website. You may be surprised at times what your visitors are thinking and will often learn a lot from them and have fun as well! The message boards listed below are all remotely hosted which means you don't need to install anything on your web server, or know how to code.. just copy and paste the supplied html and voila... a free forum!

Each forum hosting service offers a slightly different features so browse through and I'm sure you'll find one to fit your needs.

Bravenet
Customize the title graphic, the title and a sub-title description, background graphic and color. You can also pick suitable colors for the text: posts that have been read or not read, add little icons that symbolize the nature of the post, receive notification by email when someone posts in your forum, choose to allow or disallow HTML in the forum postings, delete any unwanted posts, ban IP address... it even has spell checking! They offer tons of other free resources for your website here as well!

1-2-Free-Forums
Very easy to use and packed with features like over 300 styles to choose from (!), over 3500 smilies and 3000 avatars! You also get total control to moderate your forum as you like with their easy control panel. Super simple to set up and activation is instant.

Fast Boards
These free remotely hosted message boards offer customizable layout, colors and fonts. The board is searchable and allows visitors to post images and links. Banning users by IP is also available in case you get unwelcome visitors.

Forum For Free
Free hosted message board. 100% free and no pop-ups. Unlimited users, unlimited threads and unlimited topics. You have total control over your cdmin control panel. Based on Invision Power Board.

CGI Spy
Allows you to customize the title and color, add custom HTML headers and footers. add up to 10 topic boards, use of .css file, delete any unwanted posts and ban people from posting messages by their IP Address. 468x60 Banners are added, but no Popups!