| General | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.1a
|
1.4.5
|
3.0.8
|
7.5.4.2
|
| Release Date |
2006-10-03 (19 years ago)
|
22/03/2011
|
2010-11-20 (15 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2008-01-21 (18 years ago)
|
2011-05-05 (14 years ago)
|
2011-06-22 (14 years ago)
|
2010-02-04 (16 years ago)
|
| Author |
Arne-Christian Blystad
|
FluxBB development team
|
The phpBB Group
|
Mindraven
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
LGPL
|
GPL v2
|
General Public License
|
Commercial
|
| License cost |
0
|
0.00
|
$139
|
|
| Main View | ||||
| Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
| Setup | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
|
| Hosting available |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Technology | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
| Other Storage | ||||
| Source Code Repo | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Posts | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| BBCode |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
None
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
No
|
No
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved | ||||
| Forums | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
No
|
No
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Suspension |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| User Reports |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
|
|||
| Notification | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| RSS/ATOM |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
Jabber
|
0
|
||
| Bookmarks |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
No
|
Patch
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Full-text search |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
|
| Customization | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
None
|
CSS only
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Skin-Editor |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Statistics |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Friendly URLs |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | EvilBoard | FluxBB | phpBB | UBB.threads |
| Available Importers | ||||
| Pruning |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
|
|||
| Export private messages |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Lo-Fi View |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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