FUDforum vs. MyBB vs. phpBB vs. SMF vs. Unclassified NewsBoard

General FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Version
3.0.9
1.6.3
3.0.8
2.0.6
2015-07-13
Release Date
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
2015-07-12 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
Author
The FUDForum development team and user community.
MyBB Group
The phpBB Group
Simple Machines
Yves Goergen
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU General Public License
Custom
General Public License
BSD
GPL
License cost
Free
US$0
0.00
0
0
Main View
Classic forum list
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
manual
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
No
Technology FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP 5
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Mark as solved
No
No
Forums FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Warnings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
Akismet plugin available.
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
An Akismet mod is available
Notification FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
Jabber
Jabber
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Community FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global, forums and threads
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Search FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Languages
0
0
0
0
13
Czech, German, English, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese
Mobile View
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Data Management FUDforum MyBB phpBB SMF Unclassified NewsBoard
Available Importers
Invision Board 1.1.2, phpBB 2.0.x, Woltlab Burning Board 1.x
Pruning
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Archiving
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
Export Formats
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
WAP(2), IMode
none
Export private messages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Lo-Fi View
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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