YaBB vs. XMB vs. Unclassified NewsBoard vs. MyBB vs. Viscacha vs. Phorum

General YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Version
2.5 AE
1.9.11
2015-07-13
1.6.3
0.8.1
5.2.9a
Release Date
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2015-07-12 (8 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2010-12-03 (13 years ago)
2008-10-12 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2010-12-04 (13 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Author
YaBB Development Team
The XMB Group
Yves Goergen
MyBB Group
The Viscacha Project
Phorum Dev Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
General Public License
GPL
Custom
GPL
The Phorum License (BSD)
License cost
Free
0.00
0
US$0
0
0
Main View
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Installation method
wizard
wizard
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Technology YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Programming Language
Perl
php
PHP 5
PHP
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Data Storage
0
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
HTML
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
No
Optional
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
No
Forums YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
one level
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
multiple levels
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Suspension
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Bans
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
User Reports
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
trademark "the Guardian" system
Akismet plugin available.
E-Mail Protection
Aksimet Plugin
Notification YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
Jabber
No
0
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Rating/Karma System
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Search YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Languages
0
0
13
Czech, German, English, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Calendar
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Data Management YaBB XMB Unclassified NewsBoard MyBB Viscacha Phorum
Available Importers
Invision Board 1.1.2, phpBB 2.0.x, Woltlab Burning Board 1.x
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
No
No
No
No
No
No
Export Formats
print layout; storage folders
none
HTML, SQL, PDF as Plugin
Export private messages
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
remove YaBB remove XMB remove Unclassified NewsBoard remove MyBB remove Viscacha remove Phorum