dnfBB vs. vBulletin vs. XenForo

General dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Version
2.0
4.1.5
1.5.2
Release Date
2007-03-26 (17 years ago)
2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
2015-10-19 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-29 (16 years ago)
2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
2015-11-15 (8 years ago)
Author
dnfBB Team
vBulletin Solutions
XenForo Ltd
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
No
License
IDPL
commercial / visible source
commercial / visible source
License cost
N/A
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
$140
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
Technology dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Single
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Yes
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
No
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
Yes
User Reports
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Akismet
Advanced Spam Manager "Spam Cleaner", Questions and Answer System
Notification dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
No
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Yes
Yes
Moderation dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Search dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Languages
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
CSS only
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
No
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Data Management dnfBB vBulletin XenForo
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
Export Formats
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
NA
Export private messages
No
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
No
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