TinyBB vs. vBulletin vs. YetAnotherForum.NET vs. phpBB

General TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Version
1.4
4.1.5
v1.9.3
3.0.8
Release Date
2011-01-31 (13 years ago)
2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
2009-04-21 (14 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-11-26 (11 years ago)
2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
2009-08-02 (14 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
Author
Jake Steele
vBulletin Solutions
Tiny Gecko
The phpBB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
PHP license
commercial / visible source
GPL v2.0
General Public License
License cost
$0
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
Free
0.00
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard with manual interactions
wizard with manual interactions
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
Technology TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
ASP.NET, C#
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
1
Microsoft SQL Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
No
Quoting
None
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Yes
Optional
No
Anti-Spam and Security TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Suspension
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plugins available
Akismet
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
RSS/ATOM
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Plugins available
Jabber
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Community TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Plugin
Yes
No
Patch
Signatures
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Moderators
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Full-text search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Unread Topics
No
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
None
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Skin-Editor
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Smiley Packs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Data Management TinyBB vBulletin YetAnotherForum.NET phpBB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
No
Export Formats
Plugins available
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
No
Yes
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