| General | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
development
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3.0.9
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1.9.11
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2.0
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3.0 Stable-Beta
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0.9.0.4
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| Release Date |
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
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Febuary 28, 2009
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2004-07-31 (19 years ago)
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2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
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2009-01-02 (15 years ago)
|
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| Last Update here |
2010-12-15 (13 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
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2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
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2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
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2009-03-11 (15 years ago)
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| Author |
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
|
The FUDForum development team and user community.
|
The XMB Group
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Battleaxe Software
|
Group Effort
|
bbpress.org
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| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
BSD
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GNU General Public License
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General Public License
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Free
|
Apache
|
GPL2
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| License cost |
0
|
Free
|
0.00
|
Free
|
Free
|
0
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| Main View |
Classic forum list
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| Thread-Type |
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
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| Setup | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Installation method |
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
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| Upgrade method |
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
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| Hosting available |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Technology | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Programming Language |
Python
|
PHP
|
php
|
ASP
|
Java
|
PHP
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| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
2
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database |
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
| Other Storage |
MS Access
|
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| Source Code Repo | ||||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||||
| Posts | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| HTML |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Attachments |
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
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| Forums | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
No
|
unlimited
|
one level
|
No
|
one level
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
| Flood Control |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Audit Logging |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
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| Notification | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
None
|
0
|
Plugin
|
||
| Bookmarks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Community | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Rating/Karma System |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Private Messaging |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Moderation | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Search | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Full-text search |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Session tracked
|
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| Customization | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
CSS only
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
| Custom BBCodes |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Skin-Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Smiley Packs |
No
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Calendar |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Friendly URLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | DjangoBB | FUDforum | XMB | bttlxeForum | Yazd | bbPress |
| Available Importers | ||||||
| Pruning |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Export Formats |
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
None
|
none
|
BBXF
|
||
| Export private messages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| remove DjangoBB | remove FUDforum | remove XMB | remove bttlxeForum | remove Yazd | remove bbPress |