Jitbit AspNetForum vs. YetAnotherForum.NET vs. XenForo vs. Invision Power Board vs. FUDforum vs. GroupServer

General Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Version
6.6.0
v1.9.3
1.5.2
3.2.3
3.0.9
1.0β
Release Date
2010-05-04 (13 years ago)
2009-04-21 (14 years ago)
2015-10-19 (8 years ago)
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
2010 June 16
Last Update here
2010-05-06 (13 years ago)
2009-08-02 (14 years ago)
2015-11-15 (8 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
2010-06-21 (13 years ago)
Author
Jitbit Software
Tiny Gecko
XenForo Ltd
Invision Power Services
The FUDForum development team and user community.
OnlineGroups.Net
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL v2.0
commercial / visible source
Commercial
GNU General Public License
GPL
License cost
$139
Free
$140
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
Free
$0
Main View
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
manual
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Hosting available
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Technology Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Programming Language
C#
ASP.NET, C#
PHP
PHP 5.2+
PHP
Python & Zope
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
3
Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database
1
Microsoft SQL Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
PostgreSQL Database
Other Storage
MS Access
Zope Object Database
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Single
Nested
Nested
None
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
No
Forums Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Logging
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Advanced Spam Manager "Spam Cleaner", Questions and Answer System
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
Spam Assasin is used for email spam control.
Notification Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Private messaging with instant notifications
No
No
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
Integrated Chat
Bookmarks
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Community Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Rating/Karma System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Moderation Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Split Threads
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Search Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Advanced search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Templates
CSS only
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Skin-Editor
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Calendar
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Data Management Jitbit AspNetForum YetAnotherForum.NET XenForo Invision Power Board FUDforum GroupServer
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Archiving
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Export Formats
NA
SQL
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
XML, mbox
Export private messages
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
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