| General | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.0 Stable-Beta
|
0.16a
|
5.2.9a
|
2.0.6
|
development
|
| Release Date |
2006-01-06 (20 years ago)
|
2007-04-06 (19 years ago)
|
2008-10-13 (17 years ago)
|
2013-10-22 (12 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2006-11-07 (19 years ago)
|
2008-01-21 (18 years ago)
|
2008-10-16 (17 years ago)
|
2013-10-25 (12 years ago)
|
2010-12-15 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Group Effort
|
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
|
Phorum Dev Team
|
Simple Machines
|
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Apache
|
MIT
|
The Phorum License (BSD)
|
BSD
|
BSD
|
| License cost |
Free
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Main View | |||||
| Thread-Type |
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Setup | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
|
| Hosting available |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Technology | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Programming Language |
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Python
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
| Other Storage | |||||
| Source Code Repo | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Posts | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Quoting |
Single
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
One file
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved | |||||
| Forums | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
one level
|
No
|
multiple levels
|
unlimited
|
No
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACLs |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Warnings |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Suspension |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Logging |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| User Reports |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Aksimet Plugin
|
An Akismet mod is available
|
|||
| Notification | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| RSS/ATOM |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
0
|
No
|
0
|
||
| Bookmarks |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Community | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Custom profile fields |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global
|
global and forums
|
global, forums and threads
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Search | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Unread Topics |
Session tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
| Customization | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Smiley Packs |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Calendar |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Data Management | Yazd | OvBB | Phorum | SMF | DjangoBB |
| Available Importers | |||||
| Pruning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Archiving |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
none
|
No
|
WAP(2), IMode
|
||
| Export private messages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Lo-Fi View |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| remove Yazd | remove OvBB | remove Phorum | remove SMF | remove DjangoBB |