NoNonsense Forum vs. OvBB vs. FUDforum vs. phpBB vs. TinyBB vs. XMB

General NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Version
18
0.16a
3.0.9
3.0.8
1.4
1.9.11
Release Date
2012-03-04 (12 years ago)
2007-04-05 (16 years ago)
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2011-01-31 (13 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
Last Update here
2012-03-05 (12 years ago)
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2012-11-26 (11 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
Author
Kroc Camen
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
The FUDForum development team and user community.
The phpBB Group
Jake Steele
The XMB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
CC-BY 3
MIT
GNU General Public License
General Public License
PHP license
General Public License
License cost
0
0
Free
0.00
$0
0.00
Main View
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
manual
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Technology NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
php
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
0
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
BBCode
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
Emoticons
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
None
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
No
Forums NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
No
unlimited
unlimited
one level
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
No
One group only
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ACLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Warnings
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Suspension
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Bans
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Audit Logging
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
User Reports
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Plugins available
Notification NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
E-Mail
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
Jabber
Plugins available
Bookmarks
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Community NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Avatars
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Signatures
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Users Online List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Moderation NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Moderators
global and forums
global
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
Move Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Important Threads
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Search NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Full-text search
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Author search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Unread Topics
No
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
No
Session tracked
Customization NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global
global
global and forum specific
None
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Skin-Editor
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Smiley Packs
No
No
Patch
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Statistics
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Data Management NoNonsense Forum OvBB FUDforum phpBB TinyBB XMB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Optional
No
No
No
Export Formats
RSS
No
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Plugins available
Export private messages
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
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