Newbbex is a Xoops module, willingly simple, wich allows you to have a forum on your site.

You can visually create an unlimited number of public and private forums, connected to categories and moderated by one or several person.

You can manage permissions with many exactness, as a consequence, you can choose who do what and where.

Topics creation can be, according to your wish (and per forum), limited to a group or be authorized to everybody.

You can give moderations rights to different users for different forums.

Practical to encourage debates, the module is delivered with some blocks so that it's easier for you to manage it.