EvilBoard vs. XMB vs. Phorum

General EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Version
0.1a
1.9.11
5.2.9a
Release Date
2006-10-02 (17 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Author
Arne-Christian Blystad
The XMB Group
Phorum Dev Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
General Public License
The Phorum License (BSD)
License cost
0.00
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Installation method
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
Technology EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts EvilBoard XMB Phorum
BBCode
No
Yes
Optional
HTML
No
Optional
Optional
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Optional
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
None
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
one level
multiple levels
Last Post
No
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security EvilBoard XMB Phorum
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Plugin
Plugin
Suspension
No
Plugin
Plugin
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Unknown
Yes
Optional
User Reports
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Other
Aksimet Plugin
Notification EvilBoard XMB Phorum
RSS/ATOM
No
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail
No
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
0
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Yes
Community EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Rating/Karma System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
No
Yes
Plugin
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Plugin
Yes
Moderation EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Full-text search
No
Yes
Yes
Author search
No
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
No
Yes
Unread Topics
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Languages
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
None
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Statistics
No
Yes
Plugin
Polls
No
Yes
Plugin
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Plugin
Data Management EvilBoard XMB Phorum
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
No
No
Export Formats
Export private messages
No
No
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Optional
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