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