DjangoBB vs. TikiWiki CMS-Groupware vs. phpBB vs. SMF vs. FluxBB vs. JForum

General DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Version
development
10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS
3.0.8
2.0.6
1.4.5
2.1.8
Release Date
2013-02-08 (11 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
22/03/2011
2008-10-31 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-12-15 (13 years ago)
2013-02-19 (11 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2011-05-05 (12 years ago)
2008-01-02 (16 years ago)
Author
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
Tiki Software Community Association
The phpBB Group
Simple Machines
FluxBB development team
Rafael Steil
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL
General Public License
BSD
GPL v2
BSD
License cost
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
manual
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Technology DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Java
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database
Other Storage
HSQLDB
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
BBCode
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Optional
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Patch
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Attachments
One file
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
one level
unlimited
unlimited
No
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
One group only
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Warnings
No
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
An Akismet mod is available
Notification DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Jabber
0
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Community DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Patch
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Moderation DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Search DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Full-text search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
CSS only
global
Custom BBCodes
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Smiley Packs
No
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Data Management DjangoBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware phpBB SMF FluxBB JForum
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Export Formats
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
WAP(2), IMode
Export private messages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
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