General | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
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Version |
0.16a
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4.1.5
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3.2.3
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18
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Release Date |
2007-04-05 (17 years ago)
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2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
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2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
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2012-03-04 (12 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
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2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
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2012-03-05 (12 years ago)
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Author |
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
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vBulletin Solutions
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Invision Power Services
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Kroc Camen
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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License |
MIT
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commercial / visible source
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Commercial
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CC-BY 3
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License cost |
0
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$285 Suite or $195 Forum
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License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
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0
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Main View | ||||
Thread-Type |
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
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Setup | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
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Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
manual
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Hosting available |
No
|
No
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Yes
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No
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Technology | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP 5.2+
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PHP
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UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Data Storage |
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
0
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Other Storage | ||||
Source Code Repo | ||||
Issue Tracker | ||||
Posts | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
HTML |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
|
Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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Mark as solved | ||||
Forums | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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Subforums |
No
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Redirect Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Trashcan Forum |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Anti-Spam and Security | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Groups |
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
No
|
Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
ACLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Warnings |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Suspension |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
IP-Block |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Audit Logging |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
User Reports |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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Other |
Akismet
|
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
||
Notification | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
RSS/ATOM |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
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Instant Messaging |
No
|
No
|
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Bookmarks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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Community | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Rating/Karma System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Custom profile fields |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Moderation | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Moderators |
global
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Split Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Shadow Topics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Important Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Search | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Full-text search |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unread Topics |
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
No
|
Customization | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Templates |
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Skin-Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Smiley Packs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Special Features | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Statistics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Friendly URLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Data Management | OvBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | NoNonsense Forum |
Available Importers | ||||
Pruning |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Export Formats |
No
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
|
SQL
|
RSS
|
Export private messages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Lo-Fi View |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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