# Flarum: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/flarum

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Community platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/community-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best Lightweight Modern Forum: Flarum" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Community)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Flarum, from 2 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cioafrica.co: 1
- circle.so: 1
- cmxhub.com: 1
- cx.tools: 1
- discourse.org: 1
- ecommerceparadise.com: 1
- forbes.com: 1
- higherlogic.com: 1
- sourceforge.net: 1
- stripe.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cioafrica.co/the-policy-gap-why-companies-are-vulnerable-on-social-media: 1
- https://circle.so/blog/bettermode-alternatives: 1
- https://cmxhub.com/blog/community-security: 1
- https://cx.tools/compare/discourse/khoros-communities: 1
- https://discourse.org/compare/circle: 1
- https://discourse.org/compare/khoros: 1
- https://ecommerceparadise.com/mighty-networks-pricing: 1
- https://forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/06/23/app-safety-red-flags-warning-signs-users-shouldnt-ignore: 1

## In its own words

What Flarum's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Free, open-source forum software built by the community. Beautiful, fast, and extensible — made for communities of all sizes. (https://flarum.org/)
- For: communities of all sizes (https://flarum.org/)
- Price stated: Free

Forever

MIT

Licensed

Open

Source (https://flarum.org/)
- Free plan or trial: Try a Demo (https://flarum.org/)
- Customers named: Nothing Community, giffgaff, Sunrise, osTicket, Swisscom, SBB, Thalia, Victorinox

## What it publishes

Every page flarum.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 154 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.