phpBB不僅是受歡迎的自由軟件還是個開放源代碼的網絡論壇系統,使用PHP作為程序語言,并支持如MySQL、 PostgreSQL、MSSQL、Microsoft Access與Oracle[1]等的資料庫.
除去資料庫支持上,以下為phpBB的幾項優點:
    * 使用樣板系統設計可方便地快速修改
    * 國際化并支持61種可用的語言翻譯,phpBB聲稱可同時安裝多套翻譯
    * 龐大且眾多的網絡論壇提供使用者自由交流與外掛軟件的支援

phpBB3.0.2 中文版 (英文/簡體中文/繁體中文)
下載地址一 下載地址二
此版本內附
1. phpBB3.0.2 英文標準版
2. 簡體/繁體中文語言包 感謝CRLin對正體語系檔的大量更正
3. DZ6.0至phpBB3.0.2轉換程序
4. 簡化風格PHPBBCHINA01
5. prosilver 風格字體大小校正

單獨的語言包下載:
下載地址一 下載地址二

phpBB3.0.2 英文標準版程序下載: http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/

phpBB3 的安裝和從較早RC版本升級的說明: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=778
從phpBB2.0.X 升級至 phpBB3 的升級說明: http://www.phpbbchina.com/wiki/index.ph ... deguide_zh
語言包的使用說明和字體大小調整說明: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=766

因為sourceforge已經無法訪問, 應部分用戶需求將升級文件另置下載:
[ 英文標準版 Full Package ]
Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.
Download phpBB 3.0.2 (zip)

[ 僅包含更改的文件 Changed Files Only ]
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.
phpBB 3.0.2 - Changed Files (zip)

[ 補丁文件 Patch Files ]
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.
phpBB 3.0.2 - Patch Files (zip)

[ 自動升級包 Automatic Update Package ]
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release. Able to update modified installations without loosing these.
phpBB 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (zip)

[ MOD形式的代碼改動 Code Changes ]
Contains the changes from previous release to this release in MOD template and MODX format.
We advise that you do not use the code changes package where possible, as the automatic update package is instead recommended. Support will not be offered for any malfunctions as a result of using the code changes provided.
phpBB 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (zip)

自phpBB3.0.1版本以來的改動情況:
* [Fix] Ability to set permissions on non-mysql dbms (Bug #24955)
* [Fix] Fixed blank style on setups having no username defined within config.php (Bug #25065)
* [Fix] Made the compress_tar class tolerate archives that do not properly have their archived contents listed (Bug #14429 / thanks to JRSweets for his patch)
* [Fix] Moved topics should not count towards the number of topics in a forum (Bug #14648 / thanks to Schumi for his patch)
* [Fix] Properly check for invalid characters in MySQL DB prefixes during install (Bug #18775)
* [Fix] Bring the PostgreSQL backup system back to working order (Bug #22385)
* [Fix] Update correct theme for cached styles in style.php (Bug #25805)
* [Fix] Also add PHPBB_INSTALLED check to download/file.php for inline avatar delivery
* [Fix] Unable to login to some jabber server, reverted previous change (Bug #25095)
* [Fix] Do not return BMP as valid image type for GD image manipulation (Bug #25925)
* [Fix] Correctly determine safe mode for temp file creation in functions_upload.php (Bug #23525)
* [Fix] Correctly sort by rank in memberlist (Bug #24435)
* [Fix] Purge cache after database restore (Bug #24245)
* [Fix] Correctly display subforum read/unread icons from RTL in FF3, Konqueror and Safari3+. (thanks arod-1 for the fix, related to Bug #14830)
* [Fix] Added missing form token in acp (thanks NBBN).
* [Fix] Do not remove whitespace in front of url containing the boards url and no relative path appended (Bug #27355)
* [Fix] reset forum notifications in viewtopic (Bug #28025)
* [Fix] corrected link for searching post author's other posts (Bug #26455)
* [Fix] HTTP Authentication supports UTF-8 usernames now (Bug #21135)
* [Fix] Topic searches by author no longer return invalid results (Bug #11777)
* [Fix] Delete drafts and bookmarks when deleting an user. (#27585, thanks Schumi for the fix)
* [Fix] Set last_post_subject for new topics. (#23945)
* [Fix] Allow moving posts to invisible forums. (#27325)
* [Fix] Don't allow promoting unapproved group members (#16124)
* [Fix] Correctly fetch server name if using non-standard port (#27395)
* [Fix] Regular expression for email matching in posts will no longer die on long words.
* [Fix] Do not display ban message if direct call to cron. (thanks Dog Cow for reporting)
* [Fix] Correctly display double-colon on special conditions within highlighted php source (Bug #26795)
* [Fix] Increase storage capacity of titles/subjects due to specialchared content (Bug #25235)
* [Fix] Catch invalid username wildcard ban (we do not support these) (Bug #29305)
* [Fix] Fix (email)-domain checks for those having DNS prefixes set (Bug #29635)
* [Change] Adjust truncate_string() to be able to adjust the maximum storage length.
* [Change] Generalize load check (Bug #21255 / thanks to Xipher)
* [Change] Make utf8_htmlspecialchars not pass its argument by reference (Bug #21885)
* [Change] Sort the tables at the database table backup screen
* [Change] For determining the maximum number of private messages in one box, use the biggest value from all groups the user is a member of (Bug #24665)
* [Change] Show email ban reason on registration. Additionally allow custom errors properly returned if using validate_data(). (Bug #26885)
* [Change] Don't allow redirects to different domains. (thanks nookieman)
* [Feature] Added optional referer validation of POST requests as additional CSRF protection.
* [Feature] Added optional stricter upload validation to avoid mime sniffing in addition to the safeguards provided by file.php. (thanks to Nicolas Grekas for compiling the list).
* [Feature] Streamlined banning via the MCP by adding a ban link to the user profile. Also pre-fills ban fields as far as possible.
* [Feature] Added ACP logout to reset an admin session.
* [Sec] Only allow urls gone through redirect() being used within login_box(). (thanks nookieman)

各歷史版本的更新情況請查看壓縮包中doc/CHANGELOG.html