Features & Development

MyBB is under active, continuous development under the guidance of the development team. We use GitHub to offer public access to our development allowing the community to contribute to the project. You can contribute by testing the latest source code, reporting issues, and forking the project.

Development Resources

MyBB on GitHub

Through GitHub, you can follow development, download the latest source code to test and report issues, and contribute to the MyBB resources.

Visit MyBB on GitHub

Community Forums

Join the Community Forums to discuss the development of MyBB, issues affecting the Project and Community activities.

Visit Community Forums

MyBB Discord Server

MyBB has its own Discord server where you can chat with other MyBB users and staff.

Join us on Discord

Design and Features

Share thoughts, suggestions and feedback

Community Feedback

If you have a feature you would love to see added to MyBB or feedback on existing components, visit the Suggestions and Feedback section to get behind posted ideas and add ones of your own.

Issue Prioritization

Vote for new features you'd like to see in MyBB by adding a "👍" reaction to repository Issues for planned changes.

Technical Discussions

Contribute technical comments and best practices to planning and design discussions in the Development category on the Forums, as well as Issues and Pull Requests in the repository.

Codebase

Work with MyBB's source code

Contributions

Resolve existing Issues by submitting suggested code changes using Pull Requests. Read the CONTRIBUTING.md file for information on branching, standards, and practices in our code repositories.

Code Review

Examine submitted Pull Requests and leave reviews of proposed changes to make sure the new code is free of potential problems and adheres to best practices and recommendations.

Bugs and Maintenance

Help MyBB find and resolve issues with the software

The Bugs and Issues subforums are where defects found in MyBB can be documented by users with no GitHub account or less technical experience. Later, they are pushed to GitHub by the MyBB Team, where solutions and expected target versions can be tracked.

More information on reporting bugs and issues →

Problem Reports

Create bug reports on the Community Forums for the appropriate version of MyBB within the Development category, if the problem was not reported already on the Forums or as Issues on GitHub. If it is, but receives little attention, you can share details on how it impacts your forum to help diagnose the problem.

Issue Verification

Help developers confirm and prioritize bugs by providing additional information or simply by adding a "👍" reaction to existing Issues to let them know they are affecting you.