The name "FUDforum" is an abbreviation of Fast Uncompromising Discussion forum.

FUDforum is customizable and has a large feature set relative to other forum packages.

[4] The code is released under the General Public License v2.0 only and Internet sites can use the software royalty-free.

Custom integration of third-party tools can be achieved via FUDforum's provided API, called FUDAPI.

Several conversion scripts are provided to convert other bulletin board and forum software to FUDforum.