SMF vs. bttlxeForum vs. phpBB

General SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Version
2.0.6
2.0
3.0.8
Release Date
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
2004-07-31 (19 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
Author
Simple Machines
Battleaxe Software
The phpBB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Free
General Public License
License cost
0
Free
0.00
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Installation method
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
No
No
No
Technology SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Programming Language
PHP
ASP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
2
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
MS Access
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
No
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Trashcan Forum
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Patch
Yes
ACLs
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Warnings
Yes
No
Yes
Suspension
Yes
No
Yes
Bans
Yes
Patch
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Patch
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Unknown
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Other
An Akismet mod is available
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
None
Jabber
Bookmarks
Plugin
No
Yes
Community SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
No
Patch
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
No
Yes
Moderation SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Moderators
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
No
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
No
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
No
Yes
Important Threads
Plugin
No
Yes
Search SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Languages
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
CSS only
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
No
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
No
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
No
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Plugin
No
Plugin
Data Management SMF bttlxeForum phpBB
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Plugin
No
No
Export Formats
WAP(2), IMode
None
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
Plugin
No
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
No
Yes
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