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| General | idealBB  | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 Ideal BB.Net Version 3.1.6 |
4.1.5 |
2.0 |
v1.9.3 |
| Release Date |
December 4, 2006 |
2011-07-27 |
April 1, 2006 |
April 22, 2009 |
| Author |
Ideal Science, Inc. |
vBulletin Solutions |
Telligent |
Tiny Gecko |
| URL |
www.idealscience.com |
www.vbulletin.com |
communityserver.org |
www.yetanotherforum.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
No |
|
 Yes |
| License |
|
commercial / visible source |
Free and Commercial |
GPL v2.0 |
| License cost |
$299 - $24,999 |
$285 Suite or $195 Forum |
Free - $9,999 |
Free |
| Programming Language |
ASP.Net, C # |
PHP |
ASP.NET; C# |
ASP.NET, C# |
| UTF-8 Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded |
Threaded or Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
Threaded or Flat |
| Installation method |
|
wizard |
|
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
|
wizard with manual interactions |
|
wizard with manual interactions |
| Data Storage | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Postgres |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Textfiles |
|
No |
No |
No |
| other |
|
|
Microsoft SQL Server |
Microsoft SQL Server |
| Hosting available |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
| Posts | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| BBCode |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Quoting |
Single |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
One file |
Multiple files |
| Forums | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subforums |
one level |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Last Post |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trashcan Forum |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Anti-Spam and Security | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| CAPTCHA |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACLs |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Warnings |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Suspension |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bans |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Logging |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| User Reports |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Other |
|
Akismet |
|
|
| Notification | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| RSS/ATOM |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
No |
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
No |
Yes |
No |
 Patch |
| Community | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Avatars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rating/Karma System |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Signatures |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom profile fields |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Moderation | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global, forums and threads |
global and forums |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Close Threads |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Unread Topics |
|
Database tracked |
|
Session tracked |
| Customization | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Languages |
Many |
Official: English, German; Translatable into any language |
English; Others maintained by community |
22 Languages |
| Templates |
global |
global and forum specific |
global |
global and forum specific |
| Custom BBCodes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skin-Editor |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Smiley Packs |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugins |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data Management | idealBB | vBulletin | Community Server | YetAnotherForum.NET |
| Pruning |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archiving |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Export Formats |
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL |
|
|
| Export private messages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
|
Yes |
 Plugin |
No |
| Last updated | 2006-12-04 | 2011-08-26 | 2006-07-05 | 2009-08-02 |
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