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AsmBB

Ultrafast web forum written entirely in assembly

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AsmBB is a web forum engine written entirely in assembly language, intended for running discussion boards. The site at board.asm32.info functions as the official support forum, development forum, and demo/test installation for the software, covering topics such as installation, compilation, releases, and troubleshooting.

The forum runs on SQLite and is built with Fresh IDE, licensed under the EUPL. Its interface includes categories, threads, tags, search, attachments, BBCode, skins/themes, and post-by-email and read-by-email features. Installation guidance covers Linux deployments with Nginx and systemd, and the tag list references Docker, Hiawatha, MySQL, and XAMPP alongside SQLite.

AsmBB is aimed at forum administrators, programmers, and developers interested in assembly language and self-hosted discussion software. The pages do not state a free plan, trial, editions, or seat-based or usage-based packaging.

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