dnfBB vs. XMB vs. SMF vs. Viscacha

General dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Version
2.0
1.9.11
2.0.6
0.8.1
Release Date
2007-03-26 (17 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-29 (16 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
Author
dnfBB Team
The XMB Group
Simple Machines
The Viscacha Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
IDPL
General Public License
BSD
GPL
License cost
N/A
0.00
0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
Technology dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Programming Language
C#
php
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Data Storage
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Optional
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
one level
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Bans
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
An Akismet mod is available
E-Mail Protection
Notification dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Community dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Moderation dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Search dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Customization dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
CSS only
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Data Management dnfBB XMB SMF Viscacha
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
Plugin
No
Export Formats
WAP(2), IMode
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
Export private messages
No
No
Plugin
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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