myUPB vs. NoNonsense Forum vs. miniBB vs. dnfBB vs. UltraBB

General myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Version
2.2.6
18
2.4
2.0
1.15
Release Date
2009-06-06 (17 years ago)
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
2008-08-18 (18 years ago)
2007-03-27 (19 years ago)
2026-04-05 (7 months ago)
Last Update here
2009-06-09 (17 years ago)
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
2009-09-02 (17 years ago)
2007-03-29 (19 years ago)
2008-07-01 (18 years ago)
Author
PHP Outburst
Kroc Camen
miniBB Team
dnfBB Team
Jim Hale
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
CC-BY 3
GPL
IDPL
Lifetime
License cost
free
0
Free
N/A
$99.00
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Installation method
manual
manual
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
manual
manual
manual
wizard
manual
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
Yes
Technology myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
C#
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
0
0
1
MySQL Database
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
BBCode
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticons
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Single
Nested
Single
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
One file
No
Multiple files
No
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
unlimited
one level
No
one level
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
No
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Groups
No
No
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Warnings
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Suspension
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
IP-Block
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Logging
No
No
Plugin
No
No
User Reports
No
No
No
No
No
Other
IP address log
E-mail blocking
Notification myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
Bookmarks
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Community myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Avatars
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Rating/Karma System
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Signatures
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Moderation myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Moderators
global
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Search myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Full-text search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unread Topics
Database tracked
No
Database tracked
Database tracked
No
Customization myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global
global
CSS only
global
Custom BBCodes
No
No
Patch
No
No
Skin-Editor
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Statistics
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Data Management myUPB NoNonsense Forum miniBB dnfBB UltraBB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Export Formats
full textdb export
RSS
Users' logins/emails can be exported in CSV or TXT
Export private messages
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
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