What version of SMF do you use?

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DotEXE

messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:10 PM
We don't have the version at the bottom?
What version do we use?

TheLegendBrett88

#1
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:10 PM
2.1.x the very latest?
SMF

QuantumDay

#2
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:26 PM
2.1.7 is the latest branch albeit we have a lot of modifications including some built only for this forum

Related topics mod rebuilt from scratch to run off an smf scheduled task.
We have an klipy integration mod.
Randomthread mod coming soon.

Thumb previews
Custom auto embed mod. No bbcode needed
Swipe right to left .
Progressive web app
Modern media mod
Spiders

And more in development

I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong ;)

QuantumKnight

#3
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:38 PM
Smf is a good forum system but the it needs alot of TLC.
We have not had much of a problem with spammers touch wood. Is that cloudflare?
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DotEXE

#4
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:43 PM
There is an smf forum over at Bitcoin Forum - Index

Forum Stats 66626848 Posts in 1432152 Topics by 3739389 Members

Omega

#5
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 01:45 PM
I had to read that twice 66million+ posts by 3.7million members

Quanta

#6
messageicon Apr 29, 2026, 02:09 PM
Wow that's astronomically large. How can it run an old smf version 1.1.9 too? Shouldn't they be upgrading? To 2.0 or 2.1

One-One-Five

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messageicon Nov 07, 2026, 01:41 PM
are you running 2.1.8 now? SMF released it.

that forum is running smf 1.1.19. its two versions behind
but it now has another million posts lol

Dom9

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messageicon Yesterday at 08:48 AM
Two versions behind and still hosting a million posts? That forum must be more resilient than my Wi-Fi router after the neighbor tries to update their smart toaster.

I'll admit, I'm Team 2.1.8 over here - not because it's flashier (though the new modding system does feel like swapping out flip-flops for trail runners), but because it plays nice with modern hosting environments. Last month we switched providers and watched 2.1.8 glide through the handshake while some ancient 1.1 board on their end threw a tantrum like a toddler dropped in an adult conversation. Cute from afar, but nobody wants to babysit a forum.

That said, version chasing isn't everything. A community is a community, whether it's powered by code from 2008 or 2023. I once spent three hours arguing with a plugin author about why their 'compatible with all SMF versions' claim kept crashing a 1.1.x install. Turns out the compatibility list was accurate, just not inclusive. Sometimes the version that matters most is the one your members can actually browse without their browser throwing up little smoke signals.
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