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| Version |
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1.4.7
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2.0
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2.0
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0.1a
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1.4.5
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3.0.9
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1.0β
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2.1.8
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2.4
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0.4
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0.16a
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5.2.9a
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2.0.6
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2015-07-13
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2.6.4
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0.8.1
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1.9.11
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2.5 AE
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3.0 Stable-Beta
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v1.9.3
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| Release Date |
2009-01-02 (15 years ago)
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2015-06-03 (8 years ago)
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2004-07-31 (19 years ago)
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2007-03-26 (17 years ago)
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2006-10-02 (17 years ago)
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22/03/2011
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2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
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2010 June 16
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2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
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2015-07-12 (8 years ago)
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2018-10-28 (5 years ago)
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2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
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Febuary 28, 2009
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2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
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2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
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2009-04-21 (15 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2009-03-11 (15 years ago)
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2016-02-08 (8 years ago)
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2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2007-03-29 (17 years ago)
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2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2009-09-02 (14 years ago)
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2007-02-19 (17 years ago)
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2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
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2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
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2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
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2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
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2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
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2009-08-02 (14 years ago)
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| Author |
bbpress.org
|
Matt Beale, Mark Rendle
|
Battleaxe Software
|
dnfBB Team
|
Arne-Christian Blystad
|
FluxBB development team
|
The FUDForum development team and user community.
|
OnlineGroups.Net
|
Rafael Steil
|
miniBB Team
|
James Greenwood
|
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
|
Phorum Dev Team
|
Simple Machines
|
Yves Goergen
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Vanilla Forums Inc
|
The Viscacha Project
|
The XMB Group
|
YaBB Development Team
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Group Effort
|
Tiny Gecko
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| URL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
GPL2
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GPL
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Free
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IDPL
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LGPL
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GPL v2
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GNU General Public License
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GPL
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BSD
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GPL
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GPL
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MIT
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The Phorum License (BSD)
|
BSD
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GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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General Public License
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YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
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Apache
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GPL v2.0
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| License cost |
0
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0
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Free
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N/A
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0
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Free
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$0
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0
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Free
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.00
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Free
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Free
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Free
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| Main View |
Classic forum list
|
Classic forum list
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Both, can be configured
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| Thread-Type |
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Flat
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Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Flat
|
Flat
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Flat
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Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
| Setup | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
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| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
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manual
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manual
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manual
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wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
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manual
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manual
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wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard with manual interactions
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| Hosting available |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Technology | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
ASP
|
C#
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Python & Zope
|
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP 5
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
php
|
Perl
|
Java
|
ASP.NET, C#
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
2
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database |
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
PostgreSQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
SQLite File Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
0
|
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
Microsoft SQL Database |
| Other Storage |
MS Access
|
Zope Object Database
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HSQLDB
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| Source Code Repo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posts | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| BBCode |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
None
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
None
|
Nested
|
Single
|
None
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
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No
|
No
|
No
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Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
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Multiple files
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Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
No
|
A particular post can highlighted as accepted answer
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Forums | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
unlimited
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
unlimited
|
No
|
No
|
one level
|
No
|
No
|
multiple levels
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
one level
|
one level
|
one level
|
unlimited
|
|
| Last Post |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
No
|
No
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Suspension |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Worming, Pilllorying
|
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
Spam Assasin is used for email spam control.
|
Aksimet Plugin
|
An Akismet mod is available
|
Community Curation & SPAM removal
|
E-Mail Protection
|
trademark "the Guardian" system
|
|||||||||||||
| Notification | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
None
|
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
Integrated Chat
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
No
|
0
|
Jabber
|
No
|
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
|
0
|
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| Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Community | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Avatars |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Signatures |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Moderators |
global
|
global, forums and threads
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global
|
global
|
global and forums
|
global, forums and threads
|
global, forums and threads
|
global, forums and threads
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Search | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
No
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Session tracked
|
||||
| Customization | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
13
Czech, German, English, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese |
141
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Javanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global
|
CSS only
|
CSS only
|
CSS only
|
None
|
CSS only
|
global
|
global
|
global
|
global
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
|
| Custom BBCodes |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Skin-Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Smiley Packs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | bbPress | Beehive Forum | bttlxeForum | dnfBB | EvilBoard | FluxBB | FUDforum | GroupServer | JForum | miniBB | Monkey Boards | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | Unclassified NewsBoard | Vanilla | Viscacha | XMB | YaBB | Yazd | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Available Importers |
Invision Board 1.1.2, phpBB 2.0.x, Woltlab Burning Board 1.x
|
All platforms use: https://open.vanillaforums.com/addon/porter-core
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Pruning |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
BBXF
|
None
|
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
XML, mbox
|
Users' logins/emails can be exported in CSV or TXT
|
None (cannot be exported)
|
No
|
WAP(2), IMode
|
none
|
Proprietary or MySQLDump
|
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
|
print layout; storage folders
|
none
|
||||||||
| Export private messages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| remove bbPress | remove Beehive Forum | remove bttlxeForum | remove dnfBB | remove EvilBoard | remove FluxBB | remove FUDforum | remove GroupServer | remove JForum | remove miniBB | remove Monkey Boards | remove OvBB | remove Phorum | remove SMF | remove Unclassified NewsBoard | remove Vanilla | remove Viscacha | remove XMB | remove YaBB | remove Yazd | remove YetAnotherForum.NET |