Jive Forums vs. Yazd vs. FluxBB vs. XMB vs. dnfBB vs. JForum

General Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Version
5.0.5
3.0 Stable-Beta
1.4.5
1.9.11
2.0
2.1.8
Release Date
2006-08-29 (17 years ago)
2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
22/03/2011
Febuary 28, 2009
2007-03-26 (17 years ago)
2008-10-31 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-06 (17 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2011-05-05 (12 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2007-03-29 (17 years ago)
2008-01-02 (16 years ago)
Author
Jive Software
Group Effort
FluxBB development team
The XMB Group
dnfBB Team
Rafael Steil
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Per User
Apache
GPL v2
General Public License
IDPL
BSD
License cost
$1,950 to $19,950
Free
0
0.00
N/A
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Technology Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Programming Language
Java, J2EE, JSP
Java
PHP
php
C#
Java
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
5
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
3
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database
Other Storage
HSQLDB
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
BBCode
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Patch
No
No
No
Quoting
Nested
Single
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
No
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
one level
No
one level
No
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
Optional
No
No
No
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
One group only
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Warnings
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Suspension
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Logging
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
Unknown
User Reports
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Other
Notification Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
RSS/ATOM
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
0
Bookmarks
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Moderation Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Moderators
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Session tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
CSS only
global and forum specific
CSS only
global
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Smiley Packs
No
Plugin
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Data Management Jive Forums Yazd FluxBB XMB dnfBB JForum
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Archiving
Yes
No
Patch
No
No
No
Export Formats
XML
none
Export private messages
No
No
No
No
No
No
Lo-Fi View
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
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