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!License
!License
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[bbPress]]<ref>{{cite web|title = bbPress.org|url = http://bbpress.org/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[bbPress]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = bbPress.org|url = http://bbpress.org/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| WordPress Foundation
| WordPress Foundation
| 2016-12-17
| 2015-08-18
| 2.5.12
| 2.5.8
| [[PHP]]<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title = Requirements · bbPress.org|url = https://bbpress.org/about/requirements/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[PHP]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Requirements · bbPress.org|url = https://bbpress.org/about/requirements/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref>{{cite web|title = License · bbPress.org|url = https://bbpress.org/about/license/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = License · bbPress.org|url = https://bbpress.org/about/license/|website = bbpress.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Beehive Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Project Beehive Forum|url = http://beehiveforum.net/|website = beehiveforum.net|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Beehive Forum]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Project Beehive Forum|url = http://beehiveforum.net/|website = beehiveforum.net|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Project Beehive Forum Developers
| Project Beehive Forum Developers
| 2016-11-05
| 2015-06-04
| 1.5.2
| 1.4.7
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Discourse|url = http://www.discourse.org/|website = www.discourse.org|accessdate = 2016-07-26}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Discourse|url = http://www.discourse.org/|website = www.discourse.org|accessdate = 2016-07-26}}</ref>
| Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
| Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
| 2017-10-30
| 2016-07-26
| 1.8.10
| 1.5.4
| [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[JavaScript]]
| [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Javascript]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discuz!]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Discuz! X - 产品 - 北京康盛新创科技有限责任公司|url = http://www.comsenz.com/products/discuz|website = www.comsenz.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discuz!]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Discuz! X - 产品 - 北京康盛新创科技有限责任公司|url = http://www.comsenz.com/products/discuz|website = www.comsenz.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Comsenz Inc.
| Comsenz Inc.
| 2017-01-01
| 2013-09-23
| X3.3
| X3.2
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| Discuz! EULA ([[proprietary software|proprietary]], [[Gratis versus libre|gratis]] for non-commercial use)
| Discuz! EULA ([[proprietary software|proprietary]], [[gratis]] for non-commercial use)
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[eXo Platform]]<ref>{{cite web|title = eXo Platform - Social Collaboration|url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/exo/|website = SourceForge|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[eXo Platform]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = eXo Platform - Social Collaboration|url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/exo/|website = SourceForge|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| eXo Platform SAS
| eXo Platform SAS
| 2016-01-15
| 2016-01-15
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| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FluxBB]]<ref>{{cite web|title = FluxBB 1.5.9 released|url = http://fluxbb.org/|website = FluxBB.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FluxBB]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = FluxBB 1.5.9 released|url = http://fluxbb.org/|website = FluxBB.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| FluxBB.org Developers
| FluxBB.org Developers
| 2016-06-16
| 2016-06-16
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| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FUDforum]]<ref>{{cite web|title = FUDforum: Welcome to the forum|url = http://fudforum.org/|website = fudforum.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FUDforum]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = FUDforum: Welcome to the forum|url = http://fudforum.org/|website = fudforum.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Advanced Internet Designs Inc.
| Advanced Internet Designs Inc.
| 2016-01-28<ref name="fudforum.org">{{cite web|url=http://fudforum.org/forum/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=1& |title=Announcements |publisher=FUDforum |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}</ref>
| 2016-01-28<ref name="fudforum.org">http://fudforum.org/forum/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=1&</ref>
| 3.0.7<ref name="fudforum.org"/>
| 3.0.7<ref name="fudforum.org"/>
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Ikonboard]]<ref>{{cite web|title = ikonboard|url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/ikonboard/|website = SourceForge|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Ikonboard]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = ikonboard|url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/ikonboard/|website = SourceForge|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Matt Mecham (original creator) Joshua Johnson
| Matt Mecham (original creator) Joshua Johnson
| 2012-10-19
| 2012-10-19
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| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Invision Power Board]]<ref>{{cite web|title = IPS Community Suite 4 - Forums, CMS, eCommerce & more - IPS Community Suite|url = http://www.invisionpower.com/|website = IPS Community Suite|accessdate = 2015-11-24|language = en-US}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Invision Power Board]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = IPS Community Suite 4 - Forums, CMS, eCommerce & more - IPS Community Suite|url = http://www.invisionpower.com/|website = IPS Community Suite|accessdate = 2015-11-24|language = en-US}}</ref>
| [[Invision Power Services|Invision Power Services Inc.]]
| [[Invision Power Services|Invision Power Services Inc.]]
| 2017-11-14
| 2016-04-24
| 4.2.6
| 4.1.11
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[MyBB]]<ref>{{cite web|title = MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software|url = https://www.mybb.com/|website = www.mybb.com|accessdate = 2017-01-23}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[MyBB]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software|url = http://www.mybb.com/|website = www.mybb.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| MyBB Group
| MyBB Group
| 2017-11-07
| 2016-03-11
| 1.8.13
| 1.8.7
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]], moving to [[BSD License|BSD]] in 2.0<ref>{{cite web|title=Change of license for MyBB 2.0|url=https://blog.mybb.com/2015/05/09/change-of-license-for-mybb-2-0/|accessdate = 2016-03-30}}</ref>
| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]], moving to [[BSD License|BSD]] in 2.0<ref>{{cite web|title=Change of license for MyBB 2.0|url=http://blog.mybb.com/2015/05/09/change-of-license-for-mybb-2-0/|accessdate = 2016-03-30}}</ref>
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Phorum]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Phorum {{!}} Open Source PHP Forum Software|url = http://www.phorum.org/|website = www.phorum.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Phorum]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Phorum {{!}} Open Source PHP Forum Software|url = http://www.phorum.org/|website = www.phorum.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Brian Moon
| Brian Moon
| 2016-10-27
| 2015-06-19
| 5.2.22
| 5.2.20
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| Phorum License 2 ([[BSD licenses|BSD]] like)
| Phorum License 2 ([[BSD licenses|BSD]] like)
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| PHPWind<ref>{{cite web|title = phpwind 官方论坛 - Powered by phpwind|url = http://www.phpwind.net/|website = www.phpwind.net|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[PHPWind]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = phpwind 官方论坛 - Powered by phpwind|url = http://www.phpwind.net/|website = www.phpwind.net|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
|Hangzhou Detian Information Technology Co. Ltd
|Hangzhou Detian Information Technology Co. Ltd
| 2014-12-23
| 2014-12-23
| 9.0.1
| 9.0.1
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| PHPWind EULA ([[proprietary software|proprietary]], [[Gratis versus libre|gratis]] for non-commercial use)
| PHPWind EULA ([[proprietary software|proprietary]], [[gratis]] for non-commercial use)
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[phpBB]]<ref>{{cite web|title = phpBB • Free and Open Source Forum Software|url = https://www.phpbb.com/|website = www.phpbb.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[phpBB]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = phpBB • Free and Open Source Forum Software|url = https://www.phpbb.com/|website = www.phpbb.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[phpBB|phpBB Ltd.]]
| [[phpBB|phpBB Ltd.]]
| 2017-07-16
| 2016-04-17
| 3.2.1
| 3.1.9
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[PunBB]]<ref>{{cite web|title = PunBB|url = http://punbb.informer.com/|website = punbb.informer.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[PunBB]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = PunBB|url = http://punbb.informer.com/|website = punbb.informer.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| PunBB
| PunBB
| 2015-10-14
| 2015-10-14
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| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Simple Machines Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software|url = http://www.simplemachines.org|website = www.simplemachines.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Simple Machines Forum]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software|url = http://www.simplemachines.org|website = www.simplemachines.org|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Simple Machines
| Simple Machines
| 2017-11-19<ref name="simplemachines.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.simplemachines.org |title=Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software |publisher=Simplemachines.org |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}</ref>
| 2016-02-17<ref name="simplemachines.org">http://www.simplemachines.org</ref>
| 2.0.15<ref name="simplemachines.org"/>
| 2.0.11<ref name="simplemachines.org"/>
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[BSD License]]
| [[BSD License]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Syndie]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Syndie|url = https://www.syndie.de/|website = www.syndie.de|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Syndie]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Syndie|url = https://www.syndie.de/|website = www.syndie.de|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| Anonymous (related to [[I2P]])
| Anonymous (related to [[I2P]])
| 2014-08-14
| 2014-01-20
| 1.107b
| 1.105b
| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| Open source, multiple licenses
| Open source, multiple licenses
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[UBB.threads]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ubbcentral.com/|title = PHP forum software since 1997 - UBB.Threads|date = |accessdate = |website = ubbcentral.com|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[UBB.threads]] <ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.ubbcentral.com/|title = PHP forum software since 1997 - UBB.Threads|date = |accessdate = |website = ubbcentral.com|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
| UBB Systems, LLC
| UBB Systems, LLC
| 2017-02-15
| 2015-01-27
| 7.6.0
| 7.5.9
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Vanilla Forums]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Community Forum Software|url = https://open.vanillaforums.com/|website = Vanilla Forums|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Vanilla Forums]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = Community Forum Software|url = http://vanillaforums.org/|website = Vanilla Forums|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[Vanilla Forums]]
| [[Vanilla Forums]]
| 2017-05-11
| 2015-11-12
| 2.3.1
| 2.2
| [[PHP]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]/[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Vanilla Forums |url=https://open.vanillaforums.com |title=Open Source Forum Software |publisher=Vanilla Forums |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}</ref>
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]/[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref>https://www.vanillaforums.org</ref>
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[vBulletin]]<ref>{{cite web|title = vBulletin Announcements - vBulletin Community Forum|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[vBulletin]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = vBulletin Announcements - vBulletin Community Forum|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| vBulletin Solutions Inc.
| vBulletin Solutions Inc.
| 2016-11-16
| 2016-04-07
| 5.2.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vbulletin.com |title=vBulletin 5 Connect, The World's Leading Community Software |publisher=Vbulletin.com |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}</ref>
| 5.2.1<ref>http://www.vbulletin.com</ref>
| [[PHP]]<ref>{{cite web|title = vBulletin Manual|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[PHP]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = vBulletin Manual|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<ref>{{cite web|title = vBulletin FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/en/faq/|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = vBulletin FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions|url = http://www.vbulletin.com/en/faq/|website = www.vbulletin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Thredded]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Thredded|url = https://thredded.org/|website = thredded.org|accessdate = 2017-09-20}}</ref>
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[XenForo]] <ref>{{Cite web|title = XenForo.com|url = https://xenforo.com/|website = XenForo|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref>
| XenForo Ltd.
| Joel Oliveira, Gleb Mazovetskiy, et al.
| 2017-09-04
| 2016-08-30
| 0.13.4
| 1.5.10
| [[PHP]]
| [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]
| [[MIT License|MIT]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|- style="background: #ececec" class="sortbottom"
|- style="background: #ececec" class="sortbottom"
!
!
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==Features==
==Features==

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![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Flat vs. threaded|Threaded]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Flat vs. threaded|Threaded]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#User-selectable themes|User selectable themes]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#User-selectable themes|User selectable themes]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Calendar|Calendar]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Image attachments|Image attachment]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Unread message tracking|Unread message tracking]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Unread message tracking|Unread message tracking]]
![[WYSIWYG|WYSIWYG Editor]]
![[WYSIWYG|WYSIWYG Editor]]
![[Comparison of Internet forum software#Export|Export]]
![[#Export, portability|Export, portability]]
![[Email]] interface
![[Email]] / [[NNTP]] interface
![[#Languages|Languages]]
![[Single sign-on|SSO]]
![[Single sign-on|SSO]]
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[bbPress]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[bbPress]]
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix>{{cite web|url=http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/phpBB+SMF+vBulletin+bbPress+Beehive-Forum+FluxBB+FUDforum+Invision-Power-Board+MyBB+Phorum+punBB+UBB.threads+Vanilla+XenForo|title=ForumMatrix on phpBB, SMF, vBulletin, bbPress, Beehive Forum, FluxBB, FUDforum, Invision Power Board, MyBB, Phorum, punBB, UBB.threads, Vanilla, XenForo|date=2007–2016|accessdate=2016-10-15|publisher=CosmoCode}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{no}}
|
| {{no}}
|
|
| {{partial|Plugin}}
| {{no}}<ref>only https://github.com/pippinsplugins/bbPress-Export-and-Import</ref>
| {{partial|Plugin}}
| {{partial|Plugin}}<ref>https://github.com/rmccue/Falcon</ref><ref>https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/post-by-email-social-media-integration/#post-141352</ref>
| {{yes}} (using [[TinyMCE]])
| {{yes}}<ref>https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/bbpress-in-your-language/</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{partial|Plugin}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/rmccue/Falcon |title=rmccue/Falcon: Connect WordPress to your inbox, and party like it's '88 |publisher=GitHub |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Beehive Forum]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Beehive Forum]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{partial}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Full}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/> (using [[TinyMCE]])
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}<ref>https://github.com/BeehiveForum/BeehiveForum/blob/master/forum/pm_export.php</ref>
| {{yes|Full}}
| {{yes}} (using [[TinyMCE]])
| {{partial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]]
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{no}}<ref>https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-robust-ecosystem-for-creating-sharing-and-modifying-themes/24402</ref>
| {{yes}}
|
| {{partial|Plugin}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{partial}}<ref>https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110</ref>
| {{yes|Full}}
| {{no}}<ref>https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discourse&oldid=15337466#What_we.27d_lose_.28user_experience.29</ref>
| {{no}} (uses markdown with live preview)
| {{no}}<ref>http://blog.discourse.org/2014/05/translating-discourse-with-transifex/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transifex.com/discourse/discourse-org/|title=Discourse Translations|date=2016-04-15}} Only Chinese 99 % translated or more.</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} ([[OAuth2]]<ref>http://learndiscourse.org/configuring-google-oauth2-login-for-discourse/</ref>)
| {{yes|Has a "maillist" mode}}
| {{yes}} ([[OAuth]])
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discuz!]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[Discuz!]]
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>http://discuz.ml/</ref>
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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!style="background: #ececec;"| [[eXo Platform]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[eXo Platform]]
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
| {{partial}}<ref>http://docs.exoplatform.com/public/index.jsp?topic=%2FPLF35%2FForum_Administrator.Administrative_tasks.Back_up_categories_forums.html</ref><ref>https://community.exoplatform.com/portal/intranet/forum/topic/topicda8f8926c06313bc09486ed60d6ec7df</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{partial}}
|
|
| {{no}}<ref>https://crowdin.com/project/exo-platform-42</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
! style="background: #ececec;" | [[FluxBB]]
! style="background: #ececec;" | [[FluxBB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{partial}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{partial|Session}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}<ref name=forummatrix/><!-- source says "patch" -->
| {{partial|Plugin}}
| {{partial|Session}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|
|
| {{yes}}<ref>https://fluxbb.org/resources/translations/</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FUDforum]]
!style="background: #ececec;"| [[FUDforum]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Full}}<ref name=forummatrix/>
| {{yes}}<ref name=forummatrix/><!-- 2014 source says plugin -->
| {{yes}}
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* A '''flat''' forum is one where each message is added onto the end of the discussion, with no set relation to any prior messages (other than being on the same discussion topic &mdash; except in case of [[Off-topic|Off-Topic]] posting). But, there is normally a feature to 'quote' another user's post, to allow referencing back to other posts.
* A '''flat''' forum is one where each message is added onto the end of the discussion, with no set relation to any prior messages (other than being on the same discussion topic &mdash; except in case of [[Off-topic|Off-Topic]] posting). But, there is normally a feature to 'quote' another user's post, to allow referencing back to other posts.
* A '''[[Threaded discussion|threaded]]''' forum is one where users can specify their message is a reply to an existing message. Threaded forums can display relationships between message topics and associated replies, such as by [[Indentation (typesetting)|indenting]] replies and placing them below the post they reference. Threaded forums are most commonly used for discussions where individual messages tend to be short, such as on [[social news]] sites (e.g. [[Slashdot]] or [[reddit]]), or in commenting systems like [[Disqus]].
* A '''[[Threaded discussion|threaded]]''' forum is one where users can specify their message is a reply to an existing message. Threaded forums can display relationships between message topics and associated replies, such as by [[Indentation (typesetting)|indenting]] replies and placing them below the post they reference. Threaded forums are most commonly used for discussions where individual messages tend to be short, such as on [[social news]] sites (e.g. [[Slashdot]] or [[reddit]]), or in commenting systems like [[Disqus]].

===Duplicate thread prevention===
Many users do not bother to search a forum and directly create new threads to seek an answer to a question. On some forums, when the user types a new thread subject, the forum software brings up similar threads automatically on the side. This helps keep the number of redundant threads (or the overall forum pollution) to a lower level as users who neglect to search for a topic and are posting a thread may find the answer to their question as they are creating the new thread. Instead of having to search the forum, and then creating a thread if there is no satisfying answer, duplicate thread prevention allows the user to go and seek the answer to a topic. An example is [[Stack Overflow]].


===User-selectable themes===
===User-selectable themes===
Most forums provide an option for the forum owner to customize the look and feel. Some forums also allow the administrator to create multiple styles or themes, and allow the user to choose which one they wish to view. Themes may simply be a different set of colors and graphics, or they may involve a different layout to the forum, such as one optimized for [[Mobile browser|small-screen device]]s.
Most forums provide an option for the forum owner to customize the look and feel. Some forums also allow the administrator to create multiple styles or themes, and allow the user to choose which one they wish to view. Themes may simply be a different set of colors and graphics, or they may involve a different layout to the forum, such as one optimized for [[Mobile browser|small-screen device]]s.


The comparison table shows whether a forum software allows forum administrators to customise the "template" of the forum (or specific sections thereof) without altering the released code. Support is considered partial where it's only possible to add CSS rules in this way.<ref name=forummatrix/>
===Calendar===
Some forums provide calendar functionality for storing events and appointments, either per-user or as a forum-wide shared [[calendar]].

===Image attachments===
Most forums provide the option for a user to upload an image along with a message posting. This is usually accompanied by a space limit (e.g. 1MB per user) to prevent users from filling up the forum host's webspace. Some forums also allow other types of files to be uploaded. Some allow [[inline linking]] to images hosted on [[image hosting service]]s.

One major usability issue is whether images can be uploaded to a forum and displayed inline in message postings easily (or at all). The presence of "image attachment uploading" does not imply that in-message display of images within the flow of message text is possible (or if possible, easy to achieve).


===Unread message tracking===
===Unread message tracking===
Unread message tracking refers to the way that is used by forum software to track and display messages that have not yet been read by the current user. This can be one of the following:
Unread message tracking refers to the way that is used by forum software to track and display messages that have not yet been read by the current user. This can be one of the following:
* '''Session''' — when a user's session starts, this method relies on the user's "last visit time" to display all messages created since that date as unread. Everything that was posted before "last visit time" is considered "read" regardless of whether the user has actually seen it or not. Until the user's session expires, this method properly tracks read/unread messages, starting with messages that were selected as "unread" when the user's session started. This method is broadly used, due to the simplicity and speed benefits of only storing and checking against a single database value.
* '''Session''' — when a user's session starts, this method relies on the user's "last visit time" to display all messages created since that date as unread. Everything that was posted before "last visit time" is considered "read" regardless of whether the user has actually seen it or not. Until the user's session expires, this method properly tracks read/unread messages, starting with messages that were selected as "unread" when the user's session started. This method is broadly used, due to the simplicity and speed benefits of only storing and checking against a single database value.
* '''Full''' — forum software which properly tracks what messages have been read or unread by each user, regardless of user session expiration. Some forum software also allows the user to 'mark as unread', so that they can come back to a message later.
* '''Full''' — forum software which records in the persistent database what messages have been read or unread by each user, regardless of user session expiration. Some forum software also allows the user to 'mark as unread', so that they can come back to a message later.

=== Export, portability ===

This column judges the ability to allow users to export data from the forum installation and then import it in new installations of the same software (cf. [[right to fork]]) or feed it to data conversion tools.

[[Software portability]] is a key assessment criterion for the choice and procurement of software.<ref>https://fsfe.org/activities/policy/eu/digital-single-market-comments.en.html</ref>

=== [[Email]]/[[NNTP]] interface===

Whether the software can be used with standard [[Email]] or [[NNTP]] clients. Adoption of standard protocols is key for [[interoperability]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78891/Review-of-the-Evidence_CIPPM.pdf|title=Open Standards in Government IT: A Review of the Evidence|author=Centre for Intellectual Property & Policy Management at Bournemouth University|date=25 October 2012}}</ref>

=== Languages ===

Whether the [[internationalization and localization]] of the software are sufficient to both allow and actually provide grammatically correct support for the native language of the target users.<ref name="SFW">{{cite book|title=Software Without Frontiers: A multi-platform, multi-cultural, multi-nation approach|isbn=9780471969747|editors=Patrick A.V. Hall, Martyn A. Ould|others=With contributions and leadership by Ray Hudson, Costas Spyropoulos, Timo Honkela et al.|publisher=Wiley|year=1996}}</ref>

For the purposes of this table, we consider languages used by an amount of installations/users equal to at least 1% of the top million web properties using that software,<ref>http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/forum-software</ref> without major reported bugs in support.

=== Single sign-on ===

[[Single sign-on]] is often required to enhance web accessibility of the application.<ref>{{cite book|first1=S.|last1=Za|first2=E.|last2=D’Atri|first3=A.|last3=Resca|title=Single Sign-On in Cloud Computing Scenarios: A Research Proposal|url=http://eprints.luiss.it/1141/1/CloudComputing_post_print.pdf|publisher=Physica-Verlag HD|journal=Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations|date=1 January 2011|isbn=9783790826319|pages=45–52|doi=10.1007/978-3-7908-2632-6_6|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> This can be acomplished with standards like [[OAuth]] and [[OpenID]].

== Other features ==



===Duplicate thread prevention===

Automatic recommendation systems based on content and users can help forum users find existing discussions similar to those they're browsing or on the topic they're searching,<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Jun|last1=Zhao|first2=Jiajun|last2=Bu|first3=Chun|last3=Chen|first4=Ziyu|last4=Guan|title=Learning a User-thread Alignment Manifold for Thread Recommendation in Online Forum|url=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1871437.1871511|publisher=ACM|journal=Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management|date=2010-01-01|location=New York, NY, USA|isbn=9781450300995|pages=559–568|series=CIKM '10|doi=10.1145/1871437.1871511|first5=Can|last5=Wang|first6=Cheng|last6=Zhang}}</ref> or else reach the correct users with their posts, avoiding to "spam" the forum with duplicate or off-topic posts.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Yung-Ming|last1=Li|first2=Tzu-Fong|last2=Liao|first3=Cheng-Yang|last3=Lai|title=A social recommender mechanism for improving knowledge sharing in online forums|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306457312000234|journal=Information Processing & Management|date=2012-09-01|pages=978–994|volume=48|series=Large-Scale and Distributed Systems for Information Retrieval|issue=5|doi=10.1016/j.ipm.2011.10.004}}</ref>

Many users do not bother to search a forum and directly create new threads to seek an answer to a question. On some forums, when the user types a new thread subject, the forum software brings up similar threads automatically on the side. This helps keep the number of redundant threads (or the overall forum pollution) to a lower level as users who neglect to search for a topic and are posting a thread may find the answer to their question as they are creating the new thread.


===[[Forum spam]] defenses===
===[[Forum spam]] defenses===
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Banning or deleting membership should come as standard, with the ability to blacklist the username, email address or [[IP address]] for variable time spans.
Banning or deleting membership should come as standard, with the ability to blacklist the username, email address or [[IP address]] for variable time spans.


Reference to a forum-spam database can be built into the forum software, or offered as add-ons for specific databases.
Reference to an anti-forum spam database can be built into the forum software, or offered as add-ons for specific databases.


===User-friendly URLs===
===User-friendly URLs===
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In general this is accomplished via [[URL mapping]], however, historically in many forum software packages, human-friendly URLs are an afterthought implemented via [[URL rewriting]], and URLs often contain a numeric ID which represents the thread, while the remainder of the URL can in reality be any string: <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/lets-use-friendly-urls</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/bogus-path-actually</nowiki></tt> point to the same thread, <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/</nowiki></tt>.
In general this is accomplished via [[URL mapping]], however, historically in many forum software packages, human-friendly URLs are an afterthought implemented via [[URL rewriting]], and URLs often contain a numeric ID which represents the thread, while the remainder of the URL can in reality be any string: <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/lets-use-friendly-urls</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/bogus-path-actually</nowiki></tt> point to the same thread, <tt><nowiki>http://example.com/forum/12345/</nowiki></tt>.


The only non-controversial counter-argument to using user-friendly URLs is that they would be leaked in the [[HTTP referer]] header field when a user clicks on an external link from a post, which is undesirable for private (sub)forums, since a URL derived from the topic title could convey sensitive information.<ref>{{cite web|last=Frèrejean|first=Erik|title=SEO URLs|url=http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=218091#p218091|work=phpBB "Arsia" 3.2 Development|publisher=Area51 phpBB|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> This issue can be resolved by rewriting external links to point to a redirection page that performs [[Noreferrer|referer hiding]].
The only non-controversial counter-argument to using user-friendly URLs is that they would be leaked in the [[HTTP referer]] header field when a user clicks on an external link from a post, which is undesirable for private (sub)forums, since a URL derived from the topic title could convey sensitive information.<ref>{{cite web|last=Frèrejean|first=Erik|title=SEO URLs|url=http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=218091#p218091|work=phpBB "Arsia" 3.2 Development|publisher=Area51 phpBB|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> This issue can be resolved by rewriting external links to point to a redirection page that performs [[HTTP referer#Referer hiding|referer hiding]].

=== Export ===

This column judges the ability to allow users to export data from the forum installation and then import it in new installations of the same software (cf. [[right to fork]]) or feed it to data conversion tools.

=== [[Email]] interface===

Whether the software can be used with standard [[Email]] clients. Adoption of standard protocols is key for [[interoperability]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78891/Review-of-the-Evidence_CIPPM.pdf|title=Open Standards in Government IT: A Review of the Evidence|author=Centre for Intellectual Property & Policy Management at Bournemouth University|date=25 October 2012}}</ref>

=== Single sign-on ===

[[Single sign-on]] is often required to enhance web accessibility of the application.<ref>{{cite book|first1=S.|last1=Za|first2=E.|last2=D’Atri|first3=A.|last3=Resca|title=Single Sign-On in Cloud Computing Scenarios: A Research Proposal|url=http://eprints.luiss.it/1141/1/CloudComputing_post_print.pdf|publisher=Physica-Verlag HD|journal=Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations|date=1 January 2011|isbn=9783790826319|pages=45–52|doi=10.1007/978-3-7908-2632-6_6|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> This can be accomplished with standards like [[OAuth]] and [[OpenID]].


==Data storage==
==Data storage==
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This article outlines the general features commonly found in various Internet forum software packages. It highlights major features that the manager of a forum might want and should expect to be commonly available in different forum software. These comparisons do not include remotely hosted services which use their own proprietary software, rather than offering a package for download which webmasters can host by themselves.

General information

Basic general information about the forums: creator/company, license/price etc.

Creator Latest release date Current stable version Programming language License
bbPress [1] WordPress Foundation 2015-08-18 2.5.8 PHP[2] GPL[3]
Beehive Forum [4] Project Beehive Forum Developers 2015-06-04 1.4.7 PHP GPL
Discourse [5] Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. 2016-07-26 1.5.4 Ruby, Javascript GPL
Discuz! [6] Comsenz Inc. 2013-09-23 X3.2 PHP Discuz! EULA (proprietary, gratis for non-commercial use)
eXo Platform [7] eXo Platform SAS 2016-01-15 4.3.0 Java LGPL
FluxBB [8] FluxBB.org Developers 2016-06-16 1.5.10 PHP GPL
FUDforum [9] Advanced Internet Designs Inc. 2016-01-28[10] 3.0.7[10] PHP GPL
Ikonboard [11] Matt Mecham (original creator) Joshua Johnson 2012-10-19 3.1.5A Perl Proprietary
Invision Power Board [12] Invision Power Services Inc. 2016-04-24 4.1.11 PHP Proprietary
MyBB [13] MyBB Group 2016-03-11 1.8.7 PHP LGPL, moving to BSD in 2.0[14]
Phorum [15] Brian Moon 2015-06-19 5.2.20 PHP Phorum License 2 (BSD like)
PHPWind [16] Hangzhou Detian Information Technology Co. Ltd 2014-12-23 9.0.1 PHP PHPWind EULA (proprietary, gratis for non-commercial use)
phpBB [17] phpBB Ltd. 2016-04-17 3.1.9 PHP GPL
PunBB [18] PunBB 2015-10-14 1.4.4 PHP GPL
Simple Machines Forum [19] Simple Machines 2016-02-17[20] 2.0.11[20] PHP BSD License
Syndie [21] Anonymous (related to I2P) 2014-01-20 1.105b Java Open source, multiple licenses
UBB.threads [22] UBB Systems, LLC 2015-01-27 7.5.9 PHP Proprietary
Vanilla Forums [23] Vanilla Forums 2015-11-12 2.2 PHP Proprietary/GPL[24]
vBulletin[25] vBulletin Solutions Inc. 2016-04-07 5.2.1[26] PHP[27] Proprietary[28]
XenForo [29] XenForo Ltd. 2016-08-30 1.5.10 PHP Proprietary
Creator Latest release date Current stable version Programming language License

Features

Flat Threaded User selectable themes Unread message tracking WYSIWYG Editor Export, portability Email / NNTP interface Languages SSO
bbPress Yes[30] No[31] Plugin[32][33] Yes[34]
Beehive Forum Yes[30] Yes[30] Partial[30] Full[30] Yes[30] (using TinyMCE) Partial[35]
Discourse No[36] Partial[37] No[38] No[39][40] Yes (OAuth2[41])
Discuz! Yes[42]
eXo Platform Partial[43][44] No[45]
FluxBB Yes[30] No[30] Partial[30] Session[30] No[30] Yes[46]
FUDforum Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] Partial[47] Yes[48] Yes[49]
Invision Power Board Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] No[50] No[51]
MyBB[52] Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] No[53] No[54][55] Yes[56]
Phorum Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] Plugin[57] No[58]
phpBB[59] Yes[30] No[30] Yes[30] Full[30] No[30] No[60] No[61][62] Yes[63] Yes (LDAP, OAuth)[64]
PunBB[65] Yes[30] Yes[30] Session[30] No[66][67]
Simple Machines Forum Yes[30] No[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] Partial [68] No[69] Yes[70]
UBB.threads Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] No[30] No[71]
Vanilla Forums Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Plugin[30] Plugin [72][73] No[74] Yes[75][76]
vBulletin[77] Yes[30] Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] Plugin[78][79] No[80]
XenForo Yes[30] Yes[30] Full[30] Yes[30] No[81] No[82]

Flat vs. threaded

  • A flat forum is one where each message is added onto the end of the discussion, with no set relation to any prior messages (other than being on the same discussion topic — except in case of Off-Topic posting). But, there is normally a feature to 'quote' another user's post, to allow referencing back to other posts.
  • A threaded forum is one where users can specify their message is a reply to an existing message. Threaded forums can display relationships between message topics and associated replies, such as by indenting replies and placing them below the post they reference. Threaded forums are most commonly used for discussions where individual messages tend to be short, such as on social news sites (e.g. Slashdot or reddit), or in commenting systems like Disqus.

User-selectable themes

Most forums provide an option for the forum owner to customize the look and feel. Some forums also allow the administrator to create multiple styles or themes, and allow the user to choose which one they wish to view. Themes may simply be a different set of colors and graphics, or they may involve a different layout to the forum, such as one optimized for small-screen devices.

The comparison table shows whether a forum software allows forum administrators to customise the "template" of the forum (or specific sections thereof) without altering the released code. Support is considered partial where it's only possible to add CSS rules in this way.[30]

Unread message tracking

Unread message tracking refers to the way that is used by forum software to track and display messages that have not yet been read by the current user. This can be one of the following:

  • Session — when a user's session starts, this method relies on the user's "last visit time" to display all messages created since that date as unread. Everything that was posted before "last visit time" is considered "read" regardless of whether the user has actually seen it or not. Until the user's session expires, this method properly tracks read/unread messages, starting with messages that were selected as "unread" when the user's session started. This method is broadly used, due to the simplicity and speed benefits of only storing and checking against a single database value.
  • Full — forum software which records in the persistent database what messages have been read or unread by each user, regardless of user session expiration. Some forum software also allows the user to 'mark as unread', so that they can come back to a message later.

Export, portability

This column judges the ability to allow users to export data from the forum installation and then import it in new installations of the same software (cf. right to fork) or feed it to data conversion tools.

Software portability is a key assessment criterion for the choice and procurement of software.[83]

Email/NNTP interface

Whether the software can be used with standard Email or NNTP clients. Adoption of standard protocols is key for interoperability.[84]

Languages

Whether the internationalization and localization of the software are sufficient to both allow and actually provide grammatically correct support for the native language of the target users.[85]

For the purposes of this table, we consider languages used by an amount of installations/users equal to at least 1% of the top million web properties using that software,[86] without major reported bugs in support.

Single sign-on

Single sign-on is often required to enhance web accessibility of the application.[87] This can be acomplished with standards like OAuth and OpenID.

Other features

Duplicate thread prevention

Automatic recommendation systems based on content and users can help forum users find existing discussions similar to those they're browsing or on the topic they're searching,[88] or else reach the correct users with their posts, avoiding to "spam" the forum with duplicate or off-topic posts.[89]

Many users do not bother to search a forum and directly create new threads to seek an answer to a question. On some forums, when the user types a new thread subject, the forum software brings up similar threads automatically on the side. This helps keep the number of redundant threads (or the overall forum pollution) to a lower level as users who neglect to search for a topic and are posting a thread may find the answer to their question as they are creating the new thread.

Forum spam defenses

Most forums are at risk of continuous attack by forum spammers, largely promoting websites with no relevance to the forum's niche. Systems vary in how they are geared to defense, and checking the offering is an important consideration before selection. A forum cannot succeed unless there is an effective system of defense, and an efficient set of tools for spam removal.

CAPTCHAs are a common feature used among most internet forum software and are often used to prevent automated registrations.

Banning or deleting membership should come as standard, with the ability to blacklist the username, email address or IP address for variable time spans.

Reference to an anti-forum spam database can be built into the forum software, or offered as add-ons for specific databases.

User-friendly URLs

Main article: Semantic URL

Human-friendly forum URLs do not have a query string and instead contain only the path of the topic. A user-unfriendly URL may contain cryptic parameters, numeric IDs, or file type extensions (e.g. .php) that do not matter to the user and could change if the forum is reimplemented using a different programming language. User-friendly URLs are easy to remember and to type, and may enhance search engine optimization (SEO).

  • user-unfriendly URL example: http://example.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&th=120029
  • user-friendly URL example: http://example.com/usability-issues/user-friendly-urls

In general this is accomplished via URL mapping, however, historically in many forum software packages, human-friendly URLs are an afterthought implemented via URL rewriting, and URLs often contain a numeric ID which represents the thread, while the remainder of the URL can in reality be any string: http://example.com/forum/12345/lets-use-friendly-urls and http://example.com/forum/12345/bogus-path-actually point to the same thread, http://example.com/forum/12345/.

The only non-controversial counter-argument to using user-friendly URLs is that they would be leaked in the HTTP referer header field when a user clicks on an external link from a post, which is undesirable for private (sub)forums, since a URL derived from the topic title could convey sensitive information.[90] This issue can be resolved by rewriting external links to point to a redirection page that performs referer hiding.

Data storage

Information about what data storage system can be used.

MySQL PostgreSQL MSSQL Oracle SQLite Firebird Flat file
bbPress[2] Yes No No No No No No
Beehive Forum Yes No No No No No No
Discourse No Yes No No No No No
Discuz! Yes Yes No No No No No
eXo Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
FluxBB Yes Yes No No SQLite 2[91] No No
FUDforum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Iko Yes No No No No No No
Ikonboard Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes
Invision Power Board Yes No Discontinued [92] No No No No
kusaba Yes No No No No No No
MyBB[52] Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Phorum Yes No No No No No No
phpBB[59] Yes v8.2 or newer[93][94] Yes Yes Yes Discontinued No
PunBB[65] Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Simple Machines Forum Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Syndie Yes (HSQLDB) No No No No No No
UBB.threads Yes No No No No No No
Vanilla Forums Yes No No No No No No
vBulletin[77] Yes No No No No No No
XenForo Yes No No No No No No
MySQL PostgreSQL MSSQL Oracle SQLite Firebird Flat file

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