EvilBoard vs. XMB vs. Yazd vs. YaBB vs. phpBB vs. dnfBB

General EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Version
0.1a
1.9.11
3.0 Stable-Beta
2.5 AE
3.0.8
2.0
Release Date
2006-10-02 (17 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2007-03-26 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2007-03-29 (16 years ago)
Author
Arne-Christian Blystad
The XMB Group
Group Effort
YaBB Development Team
The phpBB Group
dnfBB Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
General Public License
Apache
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
General Public License
IDPL
License cost
0.00
Free
Free
0.00
N/A
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Technology EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Programming Language
PHP
php
Java
Perl
PHP
C#
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
0
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
BBCode
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Quoting
None
Nested
Single
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
one level
one level
one level
unlimited
No
Last Post
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
No
No
Optional
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Warnings
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Suspension
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Logging
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
User Reports
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Other
trademark "the Guardian" system
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
RSS/ATOM
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
0
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
Jabber
Bookmarks
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Patch
No
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom profile fields
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Moderation EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Full-text search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Session tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
None
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Patch
No
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Data Management EvilBoard XMB Yazd YaBB phpBB dnfBB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
No
No
No
No
Export Formats
none
print layout; storage folders
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
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