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| General | Nearforums  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 6.0 |
| Release Date |
May 31, 2011 |
| Author |
Nearforums team |
| URL |
www.nearforums.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
| License |
MIT |
| License cost |
Free |
| Programming Language |
C# with ASP.NET MVC |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
| Installation method |
manual |
| Upgrade method |
manual |
| Data Storage | Nearforums |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| Postgres |
|
| Oracle |
|
| SQLite |
|
| Textfiles |
|
| other |
Microsoft SQL Server |
| Hosting available |
Yes |
| Posts | Nearforums |
| BBCode |
 No |
| HTML |
Yes |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
| Attachments |
No |
| Forums | Nearforums |
| Categories |
Yes |
| Subforums |
No |
| Last Post |
No |
| Redirect Forums |
No |
| Trashcan Forum |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | Nearforums |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
Yes |
| ACLs |
No |
| Blacklist |
No |
| Warnings |
No |
| Suspension |
No |
| Bans |
No |
| IP-Block |
No |
| Audit Logging |
Yes |
| User Reports |
Yes |
| Other |
|
| Notification | Nearforums |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
|
| Bookmarks |
No |
| Community | Nearforums |
| Avatars |
No |
| User Ranks |
No |
| Rating/Karma System |
No |
| Signatures |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
No |
| Private Messaging |
No |
| Custom profile fields |
No |
| Moderation | Nearforums |
| Moderators |
global |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
No |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
No |
| Search | Nearforums |
| Full-text search |
No |
| Author search |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
No |
| Unread Topics |
No |
| Customization | Nearforums |
| Languages |
|
| Templates |
global |
| Custom BBCodes |
No |
| Skin-Editor |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
No |
| Plugins |
No |
| Special Features | Nearforums |
| Statistics |
No |
| Polls |
No |
| Calendar |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
| Data Management | Nearforums |
| Pruning |
No |
| Archiving |
No |
| Export Formats |
|
| Export private messages |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes |
Nearforums
Nearforums is a lightweight modern discussion forum developed in C# with ASP.NET MVC. Open source, with a permissive license (MIT) suitable for companies and developers, Nearforums includes great features like sign-in with Facebook/Twitter, navigation with tags, full Web administration, RSS feeds, accessible HTML and SEO Friendly.
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- jorgebg
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- Record added:
- 2010-11-22
- Last updated:
- 2011-06-13
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