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Feature Comparison
| General | aterr  | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 0.9.3 |
0.9.0.4 |
10.3.3 |
2.1.12 |
3.0.4RC1 |
1.1.4 |
1.2 GA (General Availability) |
2.26.0 |
1.6.3 |
0.4.5 |
1.1.4 |
Alpha 2 |
5.2.9a |
3.0.8 |
1.4.2 |
2.0.1 |
1.0.0 |
1.6.3 |
0.8.1 |
1.0.1 Beta |
1.9.11 |
3.0 Stable-Beta |
| Release Date |
2 June 2006 |
3 January 2009 |
January 1, 2007 |
Jan. 13th, 2011 |
27 April 2012 |
May 14, 2005 |
12 June 2008 |
2012-02-15 |
17 April 2011 |
10/22/2006 |
14/06/10 |
August 6, 2007 |
10/13/2008 |
20 Nov 2010 |
13th August 2008 |
September 18th, 2011 |
2009-02-04 |
2006-06-26 |
2010-12-04 |
2/3/08 |
Febuary 28, 2009 |
Jan 06, 2006 |
| Author |
Chimaera Project |
bbpress.org |
Justin Osborne |
Ed Lomonaco |
The FUDForum development team and user community. |
Mercury Development Team |
Huu Ngoc Joint Stock Company (www.myvietnam.net) |
Markus Wichitill |
MyBB Group |
Chris FR & Team |
NovaBoard Team |
NuclearBB |
Phorum Dev Team |
The phpBB Group |
QSF Development Team |
SMF Development Team |
Frozenball |
Yves Goergen |
The Viscacha Project |
Joshy |
The XMB Group |
Group Effort |
| URL |
chimaera.starglade.org |
bbpress.org |
www.eblah.com |
elite-board.us |
fudforum.org |
www.mercuryboard.com |
www.mvnforum.com |
www.mwforum.org |
www.mybb.com |
www.nextbbs.com |
www.novaboard.net |
www.nuclearbb.com |
www.phorum.org |
www.phpbb.com |
www.quicksilverforums.com |
www.simplemachines.org |
pivot.servut.us |
newsboard.unclassified.de |
www.viscacha.org |
www.itechhq.com |
www.xmbforum2.com |
www.forumsoftware.ca |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL2 |
GPL |
GPL |
GNU General Public License |
GPL |
GNU General Public License (GPL) |
GPL v3 |
Custom |
GPL |
Artistic License 2.0 |
General Public License |
The Phorum License (BSD) |
General Public License |
GNU General Public License (GPL) |
BSD |
Unknown |
GPL |
GPL |
General Public License |
General Public License |
Apache |
| License cost |
|
0 |
Free |
0 |
Free |
$0 |
Free (Enterprise Edition cost 1499 USD, plus one year professional support service, full source code included) |
Free |
US$0 |
0 |
Free as in beer |
Free |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
Free |
0 |
0 |
Free |
0.00 |
Free |
| Programming Language |
PHP 4 |
PHP |
Perl |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
Java |
Perl |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP4+ |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
php |
Java |
| UTF-8 Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
 No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
| Installation method |
|
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
|
manual |
manual |
wizard |
|
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
|
wizard |
manual |
wizard |
|
| Upgrade method |
|
wizard |
wizard |
wizard with manual interactions |
wizard |
|
manual |
wizard with manual interactions |
wizard |
|
wizard |
|
wizard |
wizard with manual interactions |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
|
wizard |
manual |
wizard |
|
| Data Storage | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Postgres |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Textfiles |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| other |
|
|
|
|
DB2, MS-SQL, Firebird, etc. Messages can be stored in the DB or files for extra performance. |
|
DB2, Derby, Hsqldb, Informix, Interbase, SAPDB, Sql Server, Sybase |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FireBird 2.0+, MSSQL 2000+, MSSQL 2000+ (ODBC) |
no |
|
No |
No |
None |
|
|
DB2, MS-SQL |
| Hosting available |
|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
|
| Posts | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| BBCode |
Yes |
 Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
No |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
No |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
| Emoticons |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
No |
 Patch |
No |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Quoting |
Single |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Single |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
| Attachments |
No |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
One file |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
No |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
One file |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
| Forums | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Categories |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subforums |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
one level |
unlimited |
unlimited |
multiple levels |
unlimited |
multiple levels |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
one level |
one level |
one level |
| Last Post |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Trashcan Forum |
No |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| CAPTCHA |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
| Groups |
No |
One group only |
Multiple groups |
One group only |
Multiple groups |
One group only |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
One group only |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
One group only |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACLs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
| Blacklist |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Warnings |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Suspension |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Bans |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Logging |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
| User Reports |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
| Other |
|
|
|
spam filter feature for topics/posts |
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc. |
|
Encrypt password on browser |
OpenID, OpenPGP, auth plugins |
Akismet plugin available. |
|
Akismet & reCAPTCHA built in, along with CASPIAN |
|
Aksimet Plugin |
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions |
|
An Akismet mod is available |
No |
|
E-Mail Protection |
|
|
|
| Notification | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Plugin |
No |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
0 |
Plugin |
0 |
|
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype. |
0 |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Jabber |
no |
|
No |
Jabber |
No |
|
|
0 |
| Bookmarks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
| Community | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Avatars |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rating/Karma System |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Patch |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Patch |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Signatures |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom profile fields |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Moderation | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
global |
global and forums |
global |
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 and forums |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global, forums and threads |
global and forums |
global, forums and threads |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global and forums |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Search | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Unread Topics |
|
|
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
|
Session tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
No |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Session tracked |
|
Session tracked |
|
Session tracked |
Session tracked |
| Customization | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Languages |
1 |
Dozens |
English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese |
English only at moment, can be translated if needed |
50+ languages supported, including English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Chinese, etc. |
18 languages |
23 |
English, German + around 6 contributed |
Many |
English |
English (ability to add more is available) |
English only at present, more after Alpha stage |
Many user contributed. |
48 at the time of writing, see www.phpbb.com |
English, German, Swedish, Norwegian and others |
47 |
English, Finnish |
16 |
German, English, Spanish |
English |
English, Spanish, Dutch, German, 19 more so far. |
French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Danish |
| Templates |
CSS only |
global |
global |
global |
global |
global |
global |
CSS only |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
global |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
global |
global and forum specific |
global |
global |
global |
CSS only |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
| Custom BBCodes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Patch |
Plugin |
Yes |
Patch |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Skin-Editor |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Plugins |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Special Features | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Statistics |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polls |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Calendar |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data Management | aterr | bbPress | E-Blah | Elite Bulletin Board | FUDforum | MercuryBoard | mvnForum | mwForum | MyBB | NextBBS | NovaBoard | NuclearBB | Phorum | phpBB | Quicksilver Forums | SMF | TairoBB | Unclassified NewsBoard | Viscacha | Vistix | XMB | Yazd |
| Pruning |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Archiving |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Export Formats |
|
BBXF |
XHTML 1.1 |
|
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML |
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|
HTML |
|
|
|
|
|
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2 |
|
WAP(2), IMode |
No |
none |
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin |
|
|
none |
| Export private messages |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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