- Comparison of Internet forum software (other)
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Comparison of Internet forum software (WordPress)
Latest release date Current stable version License Automatic Updates (for security) Simple Press [1] Version 4.4.5 yes Mingle Forum [2] 2011-1-1 Version 1.0.31 yes WP-Forum [3] 2011-12-07 - - BbPress [4] 2011-9-21 Version 2.0 yes XDForum - - Vanilla Forums [5] - - BuddyPress [6] - - yes Tal.ki Forum [7] 2010-5-20 Version 1.1.6
This is a comparison of the features of various Internet forum packages written in languages other than ASP and PHP.
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General information
Basic general information about the forums: creator/company, license/price etc.
Creator Current stable version Programming language License Latest release date Boardawy Mewsoft Corporation 3.35 Perl GPL 2010-01-10 Barracuda Forum MB Technologies - Real Time Logic 1.0 Bindows LSP Proprietary 2007-12-01 Beast Josh Goebel and Rick Olson 1.0 Ruby MIT 2007-05-20 BulletinBoards BulletinBoards.com Dev. Team 8.8 ColdFusion Proprietary 2009-07-29 El Dorado Trevor Turk n/a Ruby MIT 2010-12-13 E-Blah Justin Osborne 10.3.6 Perl GPL 2008-08-09 E-Blah SQL Justin Osborne Beta 4 Perl GPL 2008-08-9 Forulio Oleksandr Bondar and Ruslan Kyrychuk 0.9 Ruby MIT 2009-01-11 FuseTalk CF FuseTalk Inc. 4.0 ColdFusion Proprietary 2011-01-31 Gossamer Forum Gossamer Threads 1.2.4 Perl Proprietary 2006-10-12 Ikonboard Matt Mecham (original creator) Joshua Johnson 3.1.5A Perl Proprietary Unknown IkonForums IkonForums Team 1.0.1 Perl Other 2008-05-16 JForum Rafael Steil 2.1.8 Java BSD 2007-02-25 Jive Forums Jive Software 5.5.13 Java Proprietary 2008-03-06 Kareha Dag Agren 3.1.3 Perl Public Domain 2007-01-28 mvnForum Huu Ngoc Jsc 1.2 GA Java GPL 2008-06-27 mwForum Markus Wichitill 2.24.0 Perl GPL 2011-05-01 PasForum ? ? Pascal (FPC, Kylix, Delphi) Artistic/Other Unknown Pocoo Pocoo Team 0.1.5 Python GPL 2006-12-26 RForum Andreas Schwarz 0.2 Ruby MIT 2005-12-31 swfbb SWFbb Development Team 1.0 Beta 1 ActionScript (Flash) Unknown 2008-08-05 Tetra WebBBS tetrabb.com 6.10 Perl Proprietary 2009-11-01 UBB.classic Social Strata 6.7.3 Perl Proprietary 2005-09-16 WebBBS Daryl Burgdorf 5.22 Perl Proprietary 2007-07-04 YaBB YaBB Development Team 2.5 Perl Other 2010-07-05 Yazd Forum Yasna Inc. 3.0 Java Apache 2007-01-24 Zoho Discussions Zoho Corp 2.0 Java Proprietary 2010-04-12 XCAP Forums XCAP Community Engine 2.7.1 Java Proprietary 2010-03-12 NitPick2011 ? 1.0 PHP ? 2011-09-18 Creator Current stable version Programming language License Latest release date Features
Flat Threaded User-selectable themes Calendar Image attachment Unread message tracking WYSIWYG Editor Boardawy No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Barracuda Forum No Yes No No Yes No Yes Beast Yes No No No No Yes No BulletinBoards Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes conversationboard Yes No Yes No No Full No E-Blah Yes No Yes Yes Yes Full No E-Blah SQL Yes No Yes No Yes Full No Forulio Yes No No No Yes Full No FuseTalk CF Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Session Yes Gossamer Forum Yes Yes No No Yes Full Yes Ikonboard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Session No IkonForums Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Session No JForum Yes No Yes Yes Yes Full No Jive Forums Yes Yes Yes No Yes Full Yes Kareha Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No mvnForum Yes No No No Yes ? No mwForum Yes Yes Yes No Yes Full No NitPick2011 Yes Yes No No Yes No No PasForum Yes No No No No ? ? Pocoo Yes Yes No No No ? No RForum Yes No No No No ? ? Tetra WebBBS Yes Yes No No Yes Session No UBB.classic Yes No No No No Session No YaBB Yes No Yes Yes Yes Full Partial Yazd Forum Yes Yes No No Yes Session Yes Zoho Discussions Yes Yes Yes No Yes Full Yes Flat Threaded User-selectable themes Calendar Image attachment Unread message tracking WYSIWYG Editor Data storage
Information about what data storage system can be used.
Flat file MySQL PostgreSQL MSSQL Oracle SQLite Firebird Boardawy No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Barracuda Forum No No No No No Yes No Beast No Yes Yes No No Yes No BulletinBoards No No No Yes No No No conversationboard No Yes No No No No No E-Blah Yes No No No No No No E-Blah SQL No Yes No No No Yes No Forulio No Yes Yes No No Yes No FuseTalk CF No Yes No Yes Yes No No Gossamer Forum No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Ikonboard Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No IkonForums No Yes No No No No No JForum No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Jive Forums No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Kareha Yes No No No No No No mvnForum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes mwForum No Yes Yes No No Yes No NitPick2011 Yes No No No No No No PasForum Yes No No No No No No Pocoo No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No RForum No Yes Yes No No Yes No Tetra WebBBS Yes No No No No No No UBB.classic Yes No No No No No No YaBB Yes No No No No No No Yazd Forum No Yes No No No No No Flat file MySQL PostgreSQL MSSQL Oracle SQLite Firebird See also
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