General | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version |
4.1.11
|
4.1.5
|
2.0
|
1.9.11
|
2.5 AE
|
Release Date |
2016-03-12 (8 years ago)
|
2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
|
2004-07-31 (19 years ago)
|
Febuary 28, 2009
|
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
|
Last Update here |
2016-05-30 (7 years ago)
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2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
|
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
|
2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
|
Author |
Woltlab GmbH
|
vBulletin Solutions
|
Battleaxe Software
|
The XMB Group
|
YaBB Development Team
|
URL | |||||
Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
commercial / visible source
|
commercial / visible source
|
Free
|
General Public License
|
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
|
License cost |
$89.99
|
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
|
Free
|
0.00
|
Free
|
Main View | |||||
Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Setup | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
|
Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
|
Hosting available |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Technology | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Programming Language |
PHP5
|
PHP
|
ASP
|
php
|
Perl
|
UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
2
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
0
|
Other Storage |
MS Access
|
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Source Code Repo | |||||
Issue Tracker | |||||
Posts | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
HTML |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Mark as solved | |||||
Forums | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Subforums |
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
No
|
one level
|
one level
|
Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Redirect Forums |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Anti-Spam and Security | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Warnings |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Logging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Other |
Akismet
|
trademark "the Guardian" system
|
|||
Notification | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Instant Messaging |
Plugin
|
None
|
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
|
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Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Community | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Moderation | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Split Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Search | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
|
Customization | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
CSS only
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
Custom BBCodes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Special Features | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Data Management | BurningBoard | vBulletin | bttlxeForum | XMB | YaBB |
Available Importers | |||||
Pruning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Export Formats |
sql
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
|
None
|
print layout; storage folders
|
|
Export private messages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
remove BurningBoard | remove vBulletin | remove bttlxeForum | remove XMB | remove YaBB |