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There are currently three imageboard software packages in widespread use: Futallaby,<ref name="Futallaby">[http://www.1chan.net/futallaby/ Futallaby image board script]</ref> Kusaba,<ref name="kusaba">{{cite web | url = http://code.google.com/p/kusaba/ | title = kusaba}}</ref> Wakaba.<ref name="Wakaba">[http://wakaba.c3.cx wakaba.c3.cx<]</ref>

[Futallabya is a PHP script based on the Futaba script from [[Futaba Channel]]. Although Futallaby is still in use at 1chan,<ref>[http://www.1chan.net/ 1chan.net]</ref> and the Futallaby source is still freely available, it is no longer in development, and the download page recommends using Wakaba instead, stating that "Wakaba can do everything Futallaby does and so much more."<ref name="Futallaby"/> Futallaby started as a translation of Futaba, later retooled to support XHTML and customizable CSS styles. It is mostly notable for being the first English imageboard script.

Wakaba is written from the ground up in [[Perl]], and a SQL backend to store thread information. Wakaba is very strictly modelled after the Futaba and Futallaby scripts. Wakaba borrows some HTML codes and translated text from Futallaby. It is designed to be more efficient and cleanly written than other scripts that are available, while preserving the same kind of functionality. Wakaba scripts are in use at iichan. Wakaba is one of most popular western imageboard software scripts, used most notably by fchan<ref>[http://fchan.us/ fchan.us]</ref>, and Wakachan.<ref>[http://wakachan.org/ wakachan.org]</ref>

Kusaba is modular, written from scratch with [[PHP]] for server side scripting, [[JavaScript]] for some client side scripting, and with [[ADOdb Lite]] for database abstraction to a database, [[MySQL]]. The main focus of the development of Kusaba was to code faster and more efficient software for multi-imageboard sites. The center feature of the software is the centralization of the backend for all boards by having a single installation controlling all boards. The creator has discontinued the project in favor of a separate imageboard project using [[Python (programming language)|Python]] called PyIB<ref name="PyIB">[http://code.google.com/p/pyib-standalone/ PyIB Imageboard Script]</ref>, going so far as to not renew the kusaba.org ___domain name. When the site went down, the last version of the software (1.0.4) was hosted on another imageboard site, Megachan, and development has been picked up by Kusaba X, [http://www.operatorchan.org operatorchan.org], and Serissa<ref name="Megachan">[http://www.megachan.net/chan-scene/kusaba-is-dead-here-are-the-installation-files/ Kusaba is Dead - Here are the Installation Files]</ref>. Kusaba scripts are in use at 7chan<!-- Do not link to 7chan until it passes WP:N -->, and Kusaba.<ref name="kusaba"/>

[http://4chan.b33r.net/sparky4/+4/script/ Yotsubanome] is a PHP script based right on top of the Non-MySql Futaba script from [[Futaba Channel]].

it is designed to be highly customizable, highly functional, no MySql requirement, and still have 100% support for the Futaba script. The development team is 1 person, named sparky4. Yotsubanome has some features that are not found in any other script, and it has features from other Futaba script edits. Ex. [http://siokara.que.jp/ Siokara] Yotsubanome is currently under development, and open to the public.

== Imageboards ==

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=== Krautchan ===

Krautchan.net is a german imageboard where people discuss topics like [[anime]] and local topics. The imageboard gained much popularity due to the [[Winnenden school shooting]]. The worldwide media claimed that [[Tim Kretschmer]] made a post (later determined to be a forgery) in which he announced his killings.

== References ==