| General | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.15
|
3.0 Stable-Beta
|
0.16a
|
2.0.6
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3.0.9
|
| Release Date |
2026-04-02 (4 months ago)
|
2006-01-06 (20 years ago)
|
2007-04-06 (19 years ago)
|
2013-10-22 (12 years ago)
|
2018-05-18 (8 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
2006-11-07 (19 years ago)
|
2008-01-21 (18 years ago)
|
2013-10-25 (12 years ago)
|
2018-11-01 (7 years ago)
|
| Author |
Jim Hale
|
Group Effort
|
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
|
Simple Machines
|
The FUDForum development team and user community.
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Lifetime
|
Apache
|
MIT
|
BSD
|
GNU General Public License
|
| License cost |
$99.00
|
Free
|
0
|
0
|
Free
|
| Main View |
Classic forum list
|
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| Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
| Setup | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Installation method |
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
|
| Upgrade method |
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
|
| Hosting available |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Technology | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
| Other Storage | |||||
| Source Code Repo | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Posts | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
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| Forums | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
one level
|
one level
|
No
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
E-mail blocking
|
An Akismet mod is available
|
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
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| Notification | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
0
|
No
|
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
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| Bookmarks |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Community | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global
|
global, forums and threads
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Search | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
No
|
Session tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
| Customization | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Templates |
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
| Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | UltraBB | Yazd | OvBB | SMF | FUDforum |
| Available Importers | |||||
| Pruning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Export Formats |
none
|
No
|
WAP(2), IMode
|
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
|
| Export private messages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Lo-Fi View |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| remove UltraBB | remove Yazd | remove OvBB | remove SMF | remove FUDforum |