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GeneralJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Version 6.6.0 1.6.3 1.15 1.1.2
Release Date 5 May 2010 17 April 2011 April-11-2007 2/7/2012
Author Jitbit Software MyBB Group Jim Hale XenForo Ltd
URL www.jitbit.com www.mybb.com wowultra.com xenforo.com
Free and Open Source   Yes No No
License Proprietary Custom Lifetime commercial / visible source
License cost $139 US$0 $99.00 $140
Programming Language C# PHP PHP PHP
UTF-8 Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Type Flat Threaded or Flat Flat Flat
Installation method manual wizard manual wizard
Upgrade method manual wizard manual wizard
Data StorageJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
MySQL Yes Yes Yes Yes
Postgres No Yes   No
Oracle Yes No   No
SQLite No Yes   No
Textfiles No No   No
other MS Access, MS SQL     NA
Hosting available No No Yes No
PostsJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
BBCode Yes Yes Yes Yes
HTML No Yes No No
Emoticons Yes Yes Yes Yes
Formatting Toolbar Yes Yes Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editor Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Quoting Nested Nested Nested Single
Syntax Highlighting No Yes Yes Yes
Attachments Multiple files Multiple files One file Multiple files
ForumsJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Categories Yes Yes Yes Yes
Subforums unlimited unlimited one level unlimited
Last Post Yes Yes Yes Yes
Redirect Forums No Yes No Yes
Trashcan Forum No Plugin No No
Anti-Spam and SecurityJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
CAPTCHA Yes Yes Yes Yes
Groups Multiple groups Multiple groups Multiple groups Multiple groups
Flood Control No Yes Yes Yes
ACLs Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blacklist Yes Yes No Yes
Warnings Yes Yes No Yes
Suspension Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bans Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP-Block Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audit Logging No Yes No Yes
User Reports Yes Yes No Yes
Other   Akismet plugin available. E-mail blocking Advanced Spam Manager "Spam Cleaner", Questions and Answer System
NotificationJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
RSS/ATOM Yes Yes Yes Yes
E-Mail Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instant Messaging Private messaging with instant notifications     No
Bookmarks No Yes No Yes
CommunityJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Avatars Yes Yes Yes Yes
User Ranks Yes Yes No Yes
Rating/Karma System Yes Yes Yes Yes
Signatures Yes Yes Yes Yes
Users Online List Yes Yes Yes Yes
Private Messaging Yes Yes Yes Yes
Custom profile fields No Yes Yes Yes
ModerationJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Moderators global and forums global and forums global and forums global and forums
Move Threads Yes Yes Yes Yes
Split Threads No Yes Yes Yes
Close Threads Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shadow Topics No Yes Yes Yes
Sticky Threads Yes Yes Yes Yes
Important Threads Yes Yes Yes No
SearchJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Full-text search Yes Yes Yes Yes
Author search Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced search Yes Yes No Yes
Unread Topics Database tracked Database tracked No Database tracked
CustomizationJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Languages 15 Many arabic, dutch, english, italian, french, german, malay, spanish, turkish, portuguese English by default, other languages available via the community
Templates CSS only global and forum specific global global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes No Yes No Plugin
Skin-Editor No Yes Yes Yes
Smiley Packs Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plugins No Yes No Yes
Special FeaturesJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Statistics Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polls Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calendar No Yes Yes No
Friendly URLs Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Data ManagementJitbit AspNetForum DetailsMyBB DetailsUltraBB DetailsXenForo Details
Pruning No Plugin Yes No
Archiving No No No No
Export Formats       NA
Export private messages No Yes No No
Lo-Fi View Yes Yes No No
Last updated2010-05-062011-06-222008-07-012012-03-28

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