| General | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.0.9
|
18
|
4.1.5
|
5.2.9a
|
| Release Date |
2018-05-18 (8 years ago)
|
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
|
2011-07-27 (15 years ago)
|
2008-10-13 (18 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2018-11-01 (8 years ago)
|
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
|
2011-08-26 (15 years ago)
|
2008-10-16 (18 years ago)
|
| Author |
The FUDForum development team and user community.
|
Kroc Camen
|
vBulletin Solutions
|
Phorum Dev Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| License |
GNU General Public License
|
CC-BY 3
|
commercial / visible source
|
The Phorum License (BSD)
|
| License cost |
Free
|
0
|
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
|
0
|
| Main View |
Classic forum list
|
|||
| Thread-Type |
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
| Setup | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
| Hosting available |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Technology | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
0
|
1
MySQL Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
| Other Storage | ||||
| Source Code Repo | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Posts | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| HTML |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Attachments |
Multiple files
|
No
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
|||
| Forums | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Categories |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
multiple levels
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
No
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| User Reports |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
Akismet
|
Aksimet Plugin
|
|
| Notification | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
0
|
||
| Bookmarks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
No
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
| Customization | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Smiley Packs |
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Data Management | FUDforum | NoNonsense Forum | vBulletin | Phorum |
| Available Importers | ||||
| Pruning |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
RSS
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
|
|
| Export private messages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| remove FUDforum | remove NoNonsense Forum | remove vBulletin | remove Phorum |