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General	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Version	1.6.3	0.4	5.0.5	0.1
Release Date	17 April 2011	2007-02-19	08/30/2006	Oct 10th, 2007
Author	MyBB Group	James Greenwood	Jive Software	Josh Schmidt
URL	www.mybb.com	monkeyboards.sf.net	www.jivesoftware.com	www.papyrusbb.com
Free and Open Source	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
License	Custom	GPL	Per User	GPL
License cost	US$0	0	$1,950 to $19,950	Free
Programming Language	PHP	PHP	Java, J2EE, JSP	PHP
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Type	Threaded or Flat	Flat	Threaded or Flat	Flat
Installation method	wizard			wizard
Upgrade method	wizard			wizard
Data Storage	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
MySQL	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Postgres	Yes	No	Yes	No
Oracle	No	No	Yes	No
SQLite	Yes	Yes	No	No
Textfiles	No	No	No	No
other		None	SQLServer, DB2
Hosting available	No	Yes	Yes	No
Posts	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
BBCode	Yes	No	No	Yes
HTML	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Emoticons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Formatting Toolbar	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
WYSIWYG Editor	Plugin	No	Yes	No
Quoting	Nested	None	Nested	Single
Syntax Highlighting	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Attachments	Multiple files	No	Multiple files	No
Forums	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Categories	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Subforums	unlimited	No	unlimited	No
Last Post	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Redirect Forums	Yes	No	No	No
Trashcan Forum	Plugin	No	Optional	No
Anti-Spam and Security	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
CAPTCHA	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Groups	Multiple groups	No	Multiple groups	One group only
Flood Control	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
ACLs	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Blacklist	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Warnings	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Suspension	Yes	No	Yes	No
Bans	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IP-Block	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Audit Logging	Yes			No
User Reports	Yes			No
Other	Akismet plugin available.
Notification	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
RSS/ATOM	Yes	No	Yes	No
E-Mail	Yes	No	Yes	No
Instant Messaging		0	No
Bookmarks	Yes	No	No	No
Community	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Avatars	Yes	No	Yes	No
User Ranks	Yes	No	Yes	No
Rating/Karma System	Yes	No	Yes	No
Signatures	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Users Online List	Yes	No	Yes	No
Private Messaging	Yes	No	Yes	No
Custom profile fields	Yes	No	Yes	No
Moderation	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Moderators	global and forums	global	global, forums and threads	global and forums
Move Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Split Threads	Yes	No	No	No
Close Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shadow Topics	Yes	No	No	No
Sticky Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Important Threads	Yes	No	No	No
Search	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Full-text search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Author search	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Advanced search	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Unread Topics	Database tracked	No	Database tracked	No
Customization	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Languages	Many	English, French, more to come...	English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German
Templates	global and forum specific	global	global and forum specific	global
Custom BBCodes	Yes	No	No	No
Skin-Editor	Yes	No	No	Yes
Smiley Packs	Yes	No	No	No
Plugins	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Special Features	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Statistics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Polls	Yes	No	Yes	No
Calendar	Yes	No	No	No
Friendly URLs	Plugin	No	No	Yes
Data Management	MyBB	Monkey Boards	Jive Forums	PapyrusBB
Pruning	Plugin	No	Yes	Yes
Archiving	No	No	Yes	No
Export Formats		None (cannot be exported)	XML
Export private messages	Yes	No	No	No
Lo-Fi View	Yes	Yes	No	No
Last updated	2011-06-22	2007-02-20	2006-12-06	2008-01-25