U-18Chan

2026-01-20T03:53:35Z

2600:387:F:6A37:0:0:0:6: Possible site shutdown? I'm not sure, but update if anything changes.

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{{Infobox website
|title = U-18Chan
|image = [[File:NewU18chanLogo.png|300px]]
|caption = '''Being rammed by larger ships since 1914'''
|author = '''Site Founders''': [[Filthy]], [[Jay]], [[Spud]]
*'''Administrators''': [[Leonfox]], [[Anon123212321]], [[Marker]], [[Spud]], [[Trapper]], [[Gilbert]], [[Akamaru]]
*'''Super Moderator''': [[Virtualfox]]
*'''Moderators''': [[Etheral]], [[Doridiand]], [[Kit]], [[Silver]], [[Rick227]], [[MetroSexual Hipster]], [[Caid]], [[Echofox]], [[Rokoji]]
|url = http://www.u18chan.com/
|status = Offline
|began = June 12, 2009
|ended = January 18, 2026
|genre = [[Adult]], [[Imageboard]], [[Furry]]
|rating = {{rating-ma-button}}
}}
[[File:Valkyria02.png|thumb|250px|U18chans official mascot Valkyria]]
[[File:U-18chanpawastika.png|thumbnail|The old logo which would often be mistakingly linked to the [[Furry Raiders]]]]
'''U-18Chan''', sometimes spelled as '''U-18chan''', is a mature furry imageboard hosted in Europe.

==Etymology==
The name U18chan, which is often misinterpreted as "under eighteen", is actually derived from the [[W:WWI|WWI]] era German [[W:Imperial German Navy|Imperial German Navy]]'s [[W:SM U-18|U-boat submarine]], the [[W:SM U-18|SM ''U-18'']].<ref>[http://u18chan.com/rules#faq ''FAQ''] page on [http://u18chan.com/ U-18Chan]'s website. Retrieved ?.</ref>

The site is in no way affiliated with any of the ideologies depicted through their heavy use of ww2 imagery for their brand, as explicitly stated in their FAQ:
{{q|Here at U-18Chan we do not condone Nazi ideology nor is our goal to spread the hatred and prejudice associated. While our name does come from a German U-boat from WWI. As stated in our FAQ section the 'pawstika' seen around the site is the adopted symbol of the Aurorafurries, the group who created this site. U-18Chan is not based on any political or moral basis.}}

The 2024 logo redesign was an effort to distance themselves from extremist groups like the [[Furry Raiders]] and highly controversial people like [[Foxler]] which would wear similar logos.

==Boards==
The site boards are split into five categories: '''Furry Related''', '''The Basement''', '''General''', '''Indices''', and '''Misc'''.

===Furry Related===
*[http://www.u18chan.com/fur/ /fur/ - Furries]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/c/ /c/ - Furry Comics]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/gfur/ /gfur/ - Gay Furries]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/gc/ /gc/ - Gay Furry Comics]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/i/ /i/ - Intersex]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/rs/ /rs/ - Requests & Source]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/a/ /a/ - Animated]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/aw/ /aw/ - Cute]

===The Basement===
*[http://www.u18chan.com/p/ /p/ - Ponies]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/f/ /f/ - Feral]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/cub/ /cub/ - Cub]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/gore/ /gore/ - Gore]

===General===
*[http://www.u18chan.com/d/ /d/ - Discussion]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/mu/ /mu/ - Music]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/w/ /w/ - Wallpapers]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/v/ /v/ - Video Games]
*[https://www.u18chan.com/k/ /k/ - Weapons]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/lo/ /lo/ - Lounge]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/tech/ /tech/ - Technology]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/lit/ /lit/ - Literature]

===Indices===
*[http://www.u18chan.com/ifur/ /ifur/ - Furries Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/ic/ /ic/ - Furry Comics Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/igfur/ /igfur/ - Gay Furries Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/igc/ /igc/ - Gay Furry Comics Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/ii/ /ii/ - Intersex Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/ia/ /ia/ - Animated Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/ip/ /ip/ - Ponies Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/if/ /if/ - Feral Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/icub/ /icub/ - Cub Index]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/igore/ /igore/ - Gore Index]

===Misc===
*[http://www.u18chan.com/chat/ /chat/ - Chat]
*[https://www.u18chan.com/fapmode/ /fapmode/ - Fap Mode]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/r/ /r/ - Recent and Search]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/jc/ /jc/ - JayCoin]
*[http://www.u18chan.com/guide/ /guide/ - U-18Chan guide]
*[http://u18chan.com/vlkyra/ /vlkyra/ - Valkyria]

The '''lounge board''' is a board for general [[W:Online chat|chat]]ting and random threads, while the '''discussion board''' is for discussions, debates, or arguments.

The most popular of the furry boards is '''Gay Furry Comics''', with double the number of threads of any other site's board.{{cn}}

The '''Indices''' section simply links to the catalogs of the first five boards in '''Furry Related'''.

==Mascot==
U-18Chan's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627151252/http://u18.virtualfoxdistribution.com/history/media/old%20mascot.png?attredirects=0 first mascot], a [[cat]] wearing a WWII German [[W:Schutzstaffel|Schutzstaffel]]'s ('''SS''') uniform, was taken from the German imageboard [[Krautchan]].

The site's current mascot, [http://u18chan.com/images/full_res/Valkyria02.png Valkyria], a [[sergal]] also sporting a SS uniform, was drawn by [[Yuuri]] and then named '''Valkyria''' through a competition held by Jay. Further drawings of Valkyria have been done by [[SpazzyKoneko]] including different versions for each holiday so far.

Every drawing of the current mascot is hosted in full resolution on [http://u18chan.com/vlkyra/ ''Valkyria'''s] special page.

==Site issues==
===Software switch===
Due to the limitations of [http://kusabax.cultnet.net/ Kusaba X], U-18Chan was forced to switch over to the more efficient [http://imageboard4free.com/ ImageBoard4Free] software, which was provided to U-18Chan by Infinitus of ib4f.com.

It successfully switched to ImageBoard4Free during the Summer of 2011,<ref>[http://u18chan.com/#News U-18Chan News post 28/07/11 ''Things Are About To Get German''] post on U-18Chan's ''News'' page. Retrieved ?.</ref>clearing up some of the bugs created during the switch.

With the departure of the sole coder,{{who}}{{when}} there has been no further progress on installing new/updated software.<ref>[http://jkmittens.tumblr.com/post/46482198434/thoughts-about-closing-u-18chan ''Thoughts about closing U-18Chan''] post on {{who}}'s [[Tumblr]]. Retrieved ?.</ref>

===2012===
On or before July 8, 2016, the site's user access was limited to the main page, where it displayed the following message:
{{q|Hello fellow users, we have unfortunately experienced a catastrophic failure at our datacenter we host at. As such we are working to recover the site as best we can with limited resources, we hope to see you all soon.
-Sincerely LeonFox."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160708083657/https://u18chan.com u18chan.com's main page]'s July 8, 2016 message display. Retrieved February 9, 2017. Archived July 8 2016 via the [[W:Internet Wayback Machine|Internet Wayback Machine]].</ref>}}

===2016===
On or before 2016 September 14, an online announcement (with an incorrect date of "24/09/12") was posted on the website that something had happened at the host site that U18 used, resulting in the loss of data. Leonfox wrote that U18chan:
{{q|(Has) moved to a new datacenter on hardware we own instead of renting. This way we have full say and control over the server and the drives in it. We are also implementing a 3rd party cloud storage service to be used for offsite backups of our content.}}

===2023===
Toward the end of August 2023, the site experienced another issue with their host server that caused it to go down. After two weeks, the website featured a message stating:
{{q|Ayy, if you can see this the site is up. All boards are password protected for now while we work on debugging the remaining issue". As a result, a temporary login was put in place for all boards until the site can return to normal.}}

Still, by November 2023, the site was non-functional due to an [[ID7 Error]],{{clarify}} forcing users to use image hosting links.{{clarify}}

===2024===
The site was down as of January 3, 2024, due to internal user vandalism{{cn}} (see the ''2024 Zalgo/FNaF's site defacement'' section).

===2026===
On January 18, 2026, the site appears to be offline with the site returning 522 errors (connection timed out). No official announcement has been declared on the site shutting down.

==Miscellaneous==
===2012 April Fool's Day===
On April 1, 2012, the site's main page had an upside-down announcement that read:
{{q|U-18Chan is now hosted in northern Australia. Edit: We have had some reports of the site appearing upside down for some users. This is most likely due to upside-down packets coming from ISPs running outdated firmware. Please contact them and ask about Australian compatibility if you are experiencing this issue.{{cn}}}}

Obviously, the site had not moved to Australia, but the news post remained on the front page with the April 1st time stamp and upside-down text for the rest of the day.

===2024 Zalgo/FNaF's site defacement===
In January 2024, the site became non-functional after users posted walls of [[W:Zalgo text|Zalgo text]] ('''Cursed text''') on all boards using ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' ('''FNaF''') [[W:Copypasta|copypasta]] imagery.{{cn}}

==Reference==
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==External links==
*[https://www.furaffinity.net/user/u-18chan/ U-18Chan] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://facebook.com/u18chan/ U-18Chan] on [[Facebook]]
*[https://twitter.com/u18chan/ U-18Chan] on [[X (social media)|X]]
*[http://u18chan.com/chat/ U-18Chan]'s chatroom
*[https://steamcommunity.com/groups/u18chan U-18Chan] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]

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