YaBB vs. XMB vs. Phorum vs. Viscacha

General YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Version
2.5 AE
1.9.11
5.2.9a
0.8.1
Release Date
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
Author
YaBB Development Team
The XMB Group
Phorum Dev Team
The Viscacha Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
General Public License
The Phorum License (BSD)
GPL
License cost
Free
0.00
0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
Technology YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Programming Language
Perl
php
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Data Storage
0
1
MySQL Database
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
one level
multiple levels
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Patch
No
No
Yes
Trashcan Forum
Optional
No
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Suspension
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
User Reports
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
trademark "the Guardian" system
Aksimet Plugin
E-Mail Protection
Notification YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
0
No
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Moderation YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Search YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Customization YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Calendar
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Friendly URLs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Data Management YaBB XMB Phorum Viscacha
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
No
No
No
Export Formats
print layout; storage folders
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
Export private messages
No
No
No
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
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