Phorum vs. Beehive Forum

General Phorum Beehive Forum
Version
5.2.9a
1.4.7
Release Date
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
2015-06-03 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2016-02-08 (8 years ago)
Author
Phorum Dev Team
Matt Beale, Mark Rendle
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
The Phorum License (BSD)
GPL
License cost
0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup Phorum Beehive Forum
Installation method
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
Yes
Technology Phorum Beehive Forum
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts Phorum Beehive Forum
BBCode
Optional
No
HTML
Optional
Yes
Emoticons
Optional
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums Phorum Beehive Forum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Subforums
multiple levels
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
Trashcan Forum
No
Optional
Anti-Spam and Security Phorum Beehive Forum
CAPTCHA
Optional
Optional
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Plugin
Unknown
Suspension
Plugin
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Optional
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Other
Aksimet Plugin
Worming, Pilllorying
Notification Phorum Beehive Forum
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
0
Yes
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Community Phorum Beehive Forum
Avatars
Plugin
Yes
User Ranks
Plugin
No
Rating/Karma System
Plugin
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Plugin
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Optional
Moderation Phorum Beehive Forum
Moderators
global and forums
global, forums and threads
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Search Phorum Beehive Forum
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization Phorum Beehive Forum
Languages
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
No
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Smiley Packs
Plugin
Yes
Plugins
Yes
No
Special Features Phorum Beehive Forum
Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Polls
Plugin
Yes
Calendar
No
No
Friendly URLs
Plugin
No
Data Management Phorum Beehive Forum
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Unknown
Export Formats
Export private messages
No
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Optional
Yes
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