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| General | mwForum  | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 2.26.0 |
2.0.1 |
2.0.18.4 |
1.6.3 |
| Release Date |
2012-02-15 |
September 18th, 2011 |
26/03/2012 |
2006-06-26 |
| Author |
Markus Wichitill |
SMF Development Team |
Vanilla Forums Inc |
Yves Goergen |
| URL |
www.mwforum.org |
www.simplemachines.org |
vanillaforums.com |
newsboard.unclassified.de |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL v3 |
BSD |
GPL |
GPL |
| License cost |
Free |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Programming Language |
Perl |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Installation method |
manual |
wizard |
wizard |
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard with manual interactions |
wizard |
manual |
|
| Data Storage | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Postgres |
Yes |
Yes |
 No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Textfiles |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| other |
|
|
No |
No |
| Hosting available |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Posts | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| BBCode |
Yes |
Yes |
 Plugin |
Yes |
| HTML |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Quoting |
Nested |
Nested |
Single |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
One file |
| Forums | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subforums |
one level |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Last Post |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Redirect Forums |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Warnings |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
| Suspension |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Bans |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| IP-Block |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Audit Logging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| User Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
| Other |
OpenID, OpenPGP, auth plugins |
An Akismet mod is available |
Community Curation & SPAM removal |
|
| Notification | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
|
|
|
Jabber |
| Bookmarks |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Community | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Avatars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Rating/Karma System |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Signatures |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Custom profile fields |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Moderation | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
global, forums and threads |
global, forums and threads |
global, forums and threads |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
Database tracked |
|
| Customization | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Languages |
English, German + around 6 contributed |
47 |
23: English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish... |
16 |
| Templates |
CSS only |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
global |
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
 Patch |
| Skin-Editor |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Smiley Packs |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Plugins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Calendar |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data Management | mwForum | SMF | Vanilla | Unclassified NewsBoard |
| Pruning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Export Formats |
HTML |
WAP(2), IMode |
Proprietary or MySQLDump |
none |
| Export private messages |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Last updated | 2012-02-26 | 2011-09-19 | 2012-05-03 | 2008-10-07 |
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