Comparison of Internet forum software (PHP)
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This is a comparison of the features of various Internet forum packages written in PHP.
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[edit] General information
Basic general information about the forums: creator/company, license/price etc.
| Creator | Current stable version | License | Latest release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive Forum | Mark Rendle, Matt Beale | 0.8.4 | GPL | 2008-08-07 |
| bbPress | Automattic | 1.0.1 | GPL | 2009-07-09 |
| FluxBB | FluxBB.org Developers | 1.2.21 | GPL | 2008-12-04 |
| FruitShow | Wayne Venables | 0.6 | BSD | 2007-07-06 |
| FUDforum | Ilia Alshanetsky and community | 2.8.1 | GPL | 2009-05-21 |
| IceBB - abandoned | XAOS Interactive | 1.0-rc10 | GPL | 2008-08-11 |
| Invision Power Board | Invision Power Services Inc. | 3.0.0 | Proprietary | 2009-06-23 |
| Kunena | Kunena Developers | 1.0.8 | GPL | 2009-02-17 |
| kusaba | tj9991.com | 1.0.4 | GPL | 2008-03-11 |
| MercuryBoard | Jason Warner, Mark Elliot, and Jonathan West | 1.1.7 | GPL | 2008-02-24 |
| miniBB | Paul Puzyrev & Sergei Larionov | 2.3 | GPL | 2009-02-16 |
| MyBB | MyBB Group | 1.4.8 | GPL | 2009-06-26 |
| NextBBS | Chris FR & Team | 0.5.3 | GPL | 2008-02-18 |
| OvBB | Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto | V0.16a | MIT | 2007-04-06 |
| Phorum | Brian Moon | 5.2.11 | Phorum License 2 (BSD like) | 2009-05-22 |
| phpBB3 | phpBB Group | 3.0.5 | GPL | 2009-05-31 |
| PHPwnage | Kevin Lange | 1.8.3 | GPL | 2009-03-11 |
| PunBB | Rickard Andersson | 1.3.4 | GPL | 2009-05-20 |
| Quicksilver Forums | Geoff Dunn, Roger Libiez (Samson) & The Quicksilver Forums Development Team | 1.4.1 | GPL | 2007-09-29 |
| Simple Machines 1 | Simple Machines LLC | 1.1.10 | Proprietary | 2009-05-20 |
| Simple Machines 2 | Simple Machines LLC | 2.0 RC1.2 | Proprietary | 2009-05-20 |
| Think Tank Forums | Lucas Reddinger | 1-alpha | BSD | Unknown |
| UBB.threads | Groupee, Inc. | 7.5.3 | Proprietary | 2009-05-14 |
| UseBB | Dietrich Moerman | 1.0.9 | GPL | 2008-05-29 |
| Vanilla | Mark O'Sullivan | 1.1.8 | GPL | 2009-05-15 |
| vBulletin | Jelsoft Enterprises | 3.8.3 | Proprietary | 2009-06-15 |
| XMB | XMB Software | 1.9.11 | GPL | 2009-03-01 |
| Creator | Current stable version | License | Latest release date |
[edit] Features
| Flat | Threaded | User-selectable themes | Calendar | Image attachment | Unread message tracking | WYSIWYG Editor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Full | Yes |
| bbPress | Yes | No | No | No | No | Plugin | Plugin |
| FluxBB | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Session | No |
| FruitShow | Yes | No | No | No | No | Session | No |
| FUDforum | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Full | Yes |
| IceBB | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Full | No |
| Invision Power Board | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Yes |
| Kunena | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Full | Yes |
| kusaba | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No |
| MercuryBoard | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Session | No |
| miniBB | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MyBB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | No |
| NextBBS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Yes |
| Phorum | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Full | No |
| phpBB3 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Full | No |
| PHPwnage | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Yes |
| PunBB | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Session | No |
| Quicksilver Forums | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Full | No |
| Simple Machines 1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | No |
| Simple Machines 2 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Yes |
| Think Tank Forums | Yes | No | No | No | No | Full | No |
| UBB.threads | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Planned (Version 8.0) |
| UseBB | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Session | No |
| Vanilla | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Full | No |
| vBulletin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full | Yes |
| XMB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No |
| Flat | Threaded | User-selectable themes | Calendar | Image attachment | Unread message tracking | WYSIWYG Editor |
[edit] Data storage
Information about what data storage system can be used.
| MySQL | PostgreSQL | MSSQL | Oracle | SQLite | Firebird | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive Forum | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| bbPress | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| FluxBB | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| FruitShow | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| FUDforum | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| IceBB | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Invision Power Board | Yes | No | Yes ($60) | Yes ($60) | No | No |
| Kunena | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| kusaba | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MercuryBoard | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| miniBB | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MyBB | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| NextBBS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Phorum | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| phpBB3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PHPwnage | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| PunBB | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Quicksilver Forums | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Simple Machines 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Simple Machines 2 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Think Tank Forums | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| UBB.threads | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| UseBB | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Vanilla | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| vBulletin | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| XMB | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MySQL | PostgreSQL | MSSQL | Oracle | SQLite | Firebird |
