It’s still before midnight somewhere in the world, so I can still wish bbPress a happy 1st birthday.

bbPress is the forum software spinoff from the same person (Matt) that started WordPress (though others have completely taken over at this point).

While Matt had been working on it since Christmas 2004, version 0.7.2 (nickname “bix”) was finally officially released for public consumption on Saturday October 14th 2006 making it a year old today.

It’s come a long way since then. If you’d like to see what kind of tricks bbPress can do now, take a peek at my bbPress Showcase, which now has a permanent home at bbShowcase.org

most of the known bbPress themes:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/available-themes

most of the known bbPress plugins:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/available-plugins

top 100 forums using bbPress (informal, based on activity)
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/top100

1000 known forums using bbPress (must be registered to see the list)
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/top1000