Viscacha vs. Phorum vs. MyBB vs. Unclassified NewsBoard

General Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Version
0.8.1
5.2.9a
1.6.3
2015-07-13
Release Date
2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2015-07-12 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
Author
The Viscacha Project
Phorum Dev Team
MyBB Group
Yves Goergen
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
The Phorum License (BSD)
Custom
GPL
License cost
0
0
US$0
0
Main View
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard
manual
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
Technology Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP 5
UTF-8 Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
BBCode
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Optional
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Mark as solved
No
Forums Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
multiple levels
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Redirect Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Plugin
No
Anti-Spam and Security Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Warnings
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Audit Logging
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
E-Mail Protection
Aksimet Plugin
Akismet plugin available.
Notification Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
Jabber
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Avatars
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Languages
0
0
0
13
Czech, German, English, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Skin-Editor
Yes
No
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
No
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Data Management Viscacha Phorum MyBB Unclassified NewsBoard
Available Importers
Invision Board 1.1.2, phpBB 2.0.x, Woltlab Burning Board 1.x
Pruning
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Archiving
No
No
No
No
Export Formats
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
none
Export private messages
No
No
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
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