David, there is no reason we can’t have modules to integrate with all these forums, it’s just a matter of building a good community of module developers around MODx. I think we’ll start to see a lot of modules pop up as more developers start understanding the coding requirements for doing this, and as we improve the core architecture in this area to make it more intuitive to do so.
Know this thread is a bit old, but will it finally be SMF or not ?
Vanilla is nice, simple board with a different approach, could be nice.
But why not consider PunBB which fast, resilient and feature rich... Or UNB, for that matter ? Both are GPL.