About About Metachan is a listing of image board sites. Eventually we hope to compete with Overchan. Metachan will list a wider variety of sites, but also allow users to only display the ones they are interested in.
Some additional features planned:
Image Board Sites Some sites below are hidden. You can show all sites or adjust settings to see more.
| Site [alt. URLs] | Language | Anonymous | Category | Activity | Codebase | Posts Bump | Description |
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| 4chan | EN | Yes | Mixed | Very High | Futallaby (4chan) | Yes | Most active English site. Famous for dying and coming back repeatedly. Boards:
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| Hongfire | EN | No | Mixed | High | Coppermine | No | "The Future Anime Network." Hongfire has a gallery as well as an active forum. You can browse the non-adult sections without an account, but need one to post images or add comments. You may have to drag the links to your address bar and/or tell your browser to pretend it's a mainstream one to avoid a not found or forbidden message. Boards:
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| Idlechan / Wakachan | EN | Yes | Mixed | High | Wakaba | Yes | A.k.a. iiChan. Formed during one of 4chan's deaths as a replacement. During one of its own deaths a network of image boards run on separate sites called Wakachan was formed. The two merged back together once iiChan returned. Boards:
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| DaTorrents | EN | No | Mixed | Medium | vBadvanced Gallery | No | A large tracker site which also runs a gallery. The script used is a commercial one with a large array of features. Anonymous users may browse, rate, and search images. An account is needed to post images or comments. Boards:
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| Fchan | EN | Yes | Mixed | Medium | Wakaba | Yes | Furry artwork. Mostly porn. Boards: |
| GUROchan | EN | Yes | Adult | Medium | Wakaba | Yes | Guro artwork. If you have an attraction to the grotesque, this is the place. Boards: |
| Oekaki Central | EN | No | Mixed | Medium | - | No | All oekaki site. Boards have different star ratings to indicate different rules and quality levels. Boards:
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| Onechan 1 | DE | Yes | Mixed | Medium | Wakaba | Yes | Large German site. Boards:
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| Shiauchan | EN | Yes | Mixed | Low | Thorn | Unknown | New site that uses Thorn for the image board script. Thorn allows some advanced features like multiple images per post. Boards: |
| 1chan | EN | Yes | General | Low | Wakaba | Yes | "All trains, all the time." Also hosts Overchan. |
| 6channel | EN | Yes | Mixed | Low | Wakaba | Yes | 6channel has a large number of boards and is generally open to ideas for more: "I want stuff that you can't find anywhere else and have to come here for it, that makes us at least more original than any other boards!" |
| Brother2 | ES | Yes | General | Low | Wakaba | Yes | Spanish image board site. Boards: |
| FerriCorp | EN | Yes | General | Low | Futallaby | Yes | Ferricorp is better know for its galleries, most of which are scans sorted by series. They also run an image board called Fchan (no relation to the furry oriented Fchan). Boards: |
| IITran | EN | Yes | General | Low | Wakaba | Yes | Idlechan Translation Group. Post, talk about, and help translate manga and other artifacts of Japanese society. Boards: |
| Rei-Ayanami 1 2 | EN | Yes | Adult | Low | Futallaby | Yes | For people who like the Neon Genesis Evangelion characters a little too much. Boards: |
| Burichan | EN | Yes | Adult | Dead | Wakaba | Yes | Yes, the gay male community has its own site. Named after Bridget, a cross dressing character from the video game Guilty Gear XX. |
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