UltraBB vs. NoNonsense Forum vs. OvBB vs. Monkey Boards vs. UBB.threads vs. dnfBB

General UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Version
1.15
18
0.16a
0.4
7.5.4.2
2.0
Release Date
April-11-2007
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
2007-04-06 (18 years ago)
2007-02-19 (19 years ago)
2007-03-27 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-07-01 (17 years ago)
2012-03-05 (14 years ago)
2008-01-21 (18 years ago)
2007-02-20 (19 years ago)
2010-02-04 (16 years ago)
2007-03-29 (18 years ago)
Author
Jim Hale
Kroc Camen
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
James Greenwood
Mindraven
dnfBB Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
Lifetime
CC-BY 3
MIT
GPL
Commercial
IDPL
License cost
$99.00
0
0
0
$139
N/A
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Installation method
manual
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
manual
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Technology UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
C#
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
0
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
1
SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
2
Firebird Database, MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
BBCode
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
None
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Attachments
One file
No
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
No
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
unlimited
No
No
unlimited
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
No
No
No
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Groups
Multiple groups
No
One group only
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Warnings
No
No
No
No
No
No
Suspension
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP-Block
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Audit Logging
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
User Reports
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Other
E-mail blocking
Notification UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
0
Bookmarks
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Community UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Avatars
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Signatures
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom profile fields
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Moderation UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global
global
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Search UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Full-text search
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
No
No
Session tracked
No
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global
global
global
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Skin-Editor
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Statistics
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Calendar
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Data Management UltraBB NoNonsense Forum OvBB Monkey Boards UBB.threads dnfBB
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
No
No
No
No
Export Formats
RSS
No
None (cannot be exported)
Export private messages
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
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