| General | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS
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1.6.3
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1.9.11
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development
|
3.2.3
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3.0.9
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| Release Date |
2013-02-08 (11 years ago)
|
2011-04-16 (13 years ago)
|
Febuary 28, 2009
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2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
|
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2013-02-19 (11 years ago)
|
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
|
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
|
2010-12-15 (13 years ago)
|
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
|
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
|
| Author |
Tiki Software Community Association
|
MyBB Group
|
The XMB Group
|
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
|
Invision Power Services
|
The FUDForum development team and user community.
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| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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No
|
Yes
|
| License |
LGPL
|
Custom
|
General Public License
|
BSD
|
Commercial
|
GNU General Public License
|
| License cost |
0
|
US$0
|
0.00
|
0
|
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
|
Free
|
| Main View |
Classic forum list
|
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| Thread-Type |
Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
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Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
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| Setup | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Hosting available |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Technology | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
php
|
Python
|
PHP 5.2+
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
| Other Storage | ||||||
| Source Code Repo | ||||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||||
| Posts | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| BBCode |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
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| Forums | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
one level
|
unlimited
|
one level
|
No
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Akismet plugin available.
|
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
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| Notification | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
No
|
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
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| Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Signatures |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| 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
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
|
| Customization | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
| Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | MyBB | XMB | DjangoBB | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
| Available Importers | ||||||
| Pruning |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Export Formats |
SQL
|
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
||||
| Export private messages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| remove TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | remove MyBB | remove XMB | remove DjangoBB | remove Invision Power Board | remove FUDforum |