| General | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS
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1.9.11
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1.6.3
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3.0.9
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2.6.4
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3.0.8
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| Release Date |
2013-02-08 (11 years ago)
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Febuary 28, 2009
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2011-04-16 (13 years ago)
|
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
|
2018-10-28 (5 years ago)
|
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2013-02-19 (11 years ago)
|
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
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2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
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| Author |
Tiki Software Community Association
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The XMB Group
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MyBB Group
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The FUDForum development team and user community.
|
Vanilla Forums Inc
|
The phpBB Group
|
| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
LGPL
|
General Public License
|
Custom
|
GNU General Public License
|
GPL
|
General Public License
|
| License cost |
0
|
0.00
|
US$0
|
Free
|
0
|
0.00
|
| Main View |
Classic forum list
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Both, can be configured
|
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| Thread-Type |
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
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| Setup | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
| Hosting available |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Technology | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
php
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
6
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 | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| BBCode |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
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| Mark as solved |
No
|
A particular post can highlighted as accepted answer
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| Forums | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
one level
|
one level
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Akismet plugin available.
|
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
|
Community Curation & SPAM removal
|
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
|
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| Notification | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
|
Jabber
|
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| Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Signatures |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global, forums and threads
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
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| Customization | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
141
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Javanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Data Management | TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | XMB | MyBB | FUDforum | Vanilla | phpBB |
| Available Importers |
All platforms use: https://open.vanillaforums.com/addon/porter-core
|
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| Pruning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
|
Proprietary or MySQLDump
|
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
|
|||
| Export private messages |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| remove TikiWiki CMS-Groupware | remove XMB | remove MyBB | remove FUDforum | remove Vanilla | remove phpBB |