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| General | vBulletin  | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 4.1.5 |
3.1.0 pl 1 |
0.8.1 |
3.0.8 |
| Release Date |
2011-07-27 |
2009-10-14 |
2010-12-04 |
20 Nov 2010 |
| Author |
vBulletin Solutions |
Woltlab GmbH |
The Viscacha Project |
The phpBB Group |
| URL |
www.vbulletin.com |
www.woltlab.com |
www.viscacha.org |
www.phpbb.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
No |
 Yes |
Yes |
| License |
commercial / visible source |
commercial / visible source / free lite version |
GPL |
General Public License |
| License cost |
$285 Suite or $195 Forum |
Basic $69.99, Standard $133.99, Professional $269.99 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP5 |
PHP |
PHP |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Installation method |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
wizard with manual interactions |
wizard |
wizard |
wizard with manual interactions |
| Data Storage | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Postgres |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Textfiles |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| other |
|
No |
None |
FireBird 2.0+, MSSQL 2000+, MSSQL 2000+ (ODBC) |
| Hosting available |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Posts | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| BBCode |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Quoting |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
| Forums | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subforums |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Last Post |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Warnings |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Suspension |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bans |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Logging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Other |
Akismet |
|
E-Mail Protection |
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions |
| Notification | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
|
No |
No |
Jabber |
| Bookmarks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Community | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Avatars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
 Patch |
| 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 | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global and forums |
global and forums |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
Yes |
| Search | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| 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 |
Session tracked |
Database tracked |
| Customization | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Languages |
Official: English, German; Translatable into any language |
Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish |
German, English, Spanish |
48 at the time of writing, see www.phpbb.com |
| Templates |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
global |
global and forum specific |
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skin-Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
 Plugin |
| Data Management | vBulletin | BurningBoard | Viscacha | phpBB |
| Pruning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Export Formats |
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL |
sql |
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin |
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2 |
| Export private messages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Last updated | 2011-08-26 | 2009-11-05 | 2010-12-04 | 2011-06-22 |
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