miniBB vs. SMF vs. XMB vs. Viscacha vs. Phorum vs. bbPress

General miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Version
2.4
2.0.6
1.9.11
0.8.1
5.2.9a
0.9.0.4
Release Date
2008-08-17 (15 years ago)
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
2009-01-02 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-09-02 (14 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2009-03-11 (15 years ago)
Author
miniBB Team
Simple Machines
The XMB Group
The Viscacha Project
Phorum Dev Team
bbpress.org
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
General Public License
GPL
The Phorum License (BSD)
GPL2
License cost
Free
0
0.00
0
0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
No
No
Technology miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
php
PHP
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
HTML
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Emoticons
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Formatting Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Single
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
unlimited
one level
unlimited
multiple levels
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Trashcan Forum
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Anti-Spam and Security miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Groups
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
One group only
Flood Control
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Warnings
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Audit Logging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
User Reports
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other
An Akismet mod is available
E-Mail Protection
Aksimet Plugin
Notification miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
RSS/ATOM
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Instant Messaging
0
No
0
Plugin
Bookmarks
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Avatars
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
User Ranks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Rating/Karma System
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Signatures
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Users Online List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Private Messaging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom profile fields
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Moderation miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Moderators
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Search miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Skin-Editor
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Smiley Packs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Friendly URLs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Data Management miniBB SMF XMB Viscacha Phorum bbPress
Available Importers
Pruning
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Export Formats
Users' logins/emails can be exported in CSV or TXT
WAP(2), IMode
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
BBXF
Export private messages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
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