YetAnotherForum.NET vs. BurningBoard vs. phpBB vs. Jitbit AspNetForum

General YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Version
v1.9.3
4.1.11
3.0.8
6.6.0
Release Date
2009-04-21 (14 years ago)
2016-03-12 (8 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2010-05-04 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-08-02 (14 years ago)
2016-05-30 (7 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2010-05-06 (13 years ago)
Author
Tiny Gecko
Woltlab GmbH
The phpBB Group
Jitbit Software
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
No
License
GPL v2.0
commercial / visible source
General Public License
Proprietary
License cost
Free
$89.99
0.00
$139
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
manual
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
Technology YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Programming Language
ASP.NET, C#
PHP5
PHP
C#
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
Microsoft SQL Database
1
MySQL Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database
Other Storage
MS Access
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
No
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
Optional
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Plugin
Jabber
Private messaging with instant notifications
Bookmarks
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Community YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Moderation YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Data Management YetAnotherForum.NET BurningBoard phpBB Jitbit AspNetForum
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Yes
No
No
Export Formats
sql
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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