UltraBB vs. UBB.threads vs. NoNonsense Forum vs. Beehive Forum vs. XMB vs. myUPB

General UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Version
1.15
7.5.4.2
18
1.4.7
1.9.11
2.2.6
Release Date
April-11-2007
2012-03-04 (12 years ago)
2015-06-03 (8 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2009-06-05 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-07-01 (15 years ago)
2010-02-04 (14 years ago)
2012-03-05 (12 years ago)
2016-02-08 (8 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2009-06-09 (14 years ago)
Author
Jim Hale
Mindraven
Kroc Camen
Matt Beale, Mark Rendle
The XMB Group
PHP Outburst
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Lifetime
Commercial
CC-BY 3
GPL
General Public License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
License cost
$99.00
$139
0
0
0.00
free
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Installation method
manual
wizard
manual
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
manual
wizard with manual interactions
manual
wizard
wizard
manual
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Technology UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
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
0
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
0
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Single
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Attachments
One file
Multiple files
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
unlimited
unlimited
one level
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
No
No
No
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
No
Optional
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
No
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Logging
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
User Reports
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
E-mail blocking
Worming, Pilllorying
IP address log
Notification UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
0
Yes
No
Bookmarks
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Signatures
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Moderation UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Search UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Unread Topics
No
Database tracked
No
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global
CSS only
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Calendar
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Data Management UltraBB UBB.threads NoNonsense Forum Beehive Forum XMB myUPB
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Export Formats
RSS
full textdb export
Export private messages
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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