Comparison: FUDForum vs Phorum vs Vanilla

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Advanced Electron Forum

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Beehive Forum

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Extreme Message Board

FluxBB

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MiniBB

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PhpBB 2

PhpBB 3

PunBB

Quicksilver Forums

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Simple Machines

UBB.threads

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UseBB

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vBulletin 3.8

vBulletin 4

Viscacha

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Comparison Results	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Version	2.8.0	5.2.10	1.0
Last Release	February 22, 2009	January 25, 2009	July 5, 2006
License	GPL License	BSD License	GPL License
Price	Free	Free	Free
Live Demonstrations	Live Demonstration »	Live Demonstration »	Live Demonstration »
Resources	Official Website » \| Download »	Official Website » \| Download »	Official Website » \| Download »
Installation	Good	Good	Normal
Administration	Good	Good	Normal
Ergonomy	Good	Good	Good
Our Opinion	7/10	8/10	7/10
Users Opinion	8/10 (57 votes)	7/10 (52 votes)	7/10 (57 votes)
Server Requirements	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Operating System	Linux Windows Server 2003 Windows XP	Linux Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Solaris FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Windows Server 2008 Mac OS	Linux Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Solaris FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Windows Server 2008 Mac OS
Web Server	Apache 1.3 Apache 2.0/2.2 Microsoft IIS	Apache 1.3 Apache 2.0/2.2 Microsoft IIS Lighttpd Nginx	Apache 1.3 Apache 2.0/2.2 Microsoft IIS Lighttpd Nginx
Languages	PHP 4 PHP 5	PHP 4 PHP 5	PHP 4 PHP 5
Databases	MySQL Postgresql SQLite	MySQL	MySQL
Browsers & Clients Requirements	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Compatible Browsers	Mozilla Firefox 3 Mozilla Firefox 2 Mozilla Firefox 1 Opera Safari Konqueror Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 Chrome Mozilla SeaMonkey	Mozilla Firefox 3 Mozilla Firefox 2 Mozilla Firefox 1 Opera Safari Konqueror Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 Chrome Mozilla SeaMonkey	Mozilla Firefox 3 Mozilla Firefox 2 Mozilla Firefox 1 Opera Safari Konqueror Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 Chrome Mozilla SeaMonkey
Technologies or plugins	HTML and Javascript	HTML and Javascript	HTML and AJAX
Localization	Yes	Yes	Yes
Languages	English Dutch Finnish French German Indonesian Italian Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Swedish	Portuguese French Greek Italian Finnish Danish German Swedish Czech Slovak Dutch Lithuanian Russian English Traditional Chinese Catalan Spanish Turkish Polish Estonian Ukrainian Norwegian Hungarian Slovene More details on Translation Complete List
Forum Threads & Posts	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Forum Style	Flat/Threaded	Flat/Threaded	Threaded
Emoticons	Yes	Yes	No
Attachments	Yes	Yes	No
Thread Icons	Yes	Yes	No
Post Editing Form	Rich Text Editor	Plain Text Preview Button	Plain Text Formatting Buttons Preview Button
Post Editing Format	HTML BBCode	Plain HTML BBCode	Plain
Forum Organization	Forum Categories Trashcan Forum	Forum Categories Sub Sections	Forum Categories URL Redirection Forum Sub Sections
Sticky Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spell Checking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Detect Duplicate Threads	No	No	No
Shadow Topics	No	No	No
Post Quoting	Yes	Yes	Yes
Post Rating	Yes	Plugin	Yes
Syntax Highlighting	Unknown	Yes	No

Key Features & Additional Tools	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Bundled Softwares	No.	No.	No.
Private Messages	Yes	Yes	Yes
Instant Messaging	No	No	No
Calendar	No	Plugin	No
Poll Creation	Yes	Plugin	No
Users List	Yes	Plugin	Yes
Online Users List	Yes	Yes	Yes
RSS/Atom Syndication	RSS 2.0	RSS 2.0	RSS 2.0
Remote Control	No.	No.	No.
Friendly URLs	Yes	Plugin	Yes
User Profiles & Options	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
User Profile	Yes	Yes	Yes
User Avatars	Yes	Plugin	Yes
User Signatures	Yes	Yes	Yes
User Ranks	Yes	Plugin	Yes
Unread Topics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bookmark Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quick Reply Box	No	Yes	Yes
Email Notifications	Yes	Yes	Yes
Export private messages	Yes	No	No
Payment Subscriptions	Unknown	Unknown	No
Security & Spam Protection	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Captcha Protection	Yes	Plugin	No
Words Filtering	Yes	Plugin	Yes
Guest Posting	Yes	Yes	No
Customization	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Plugins	No	Yes	Yes
Themes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cache	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
Custom BBCodes	Yes	No	No
Custom Emoticons	Yes	Yes	No
Custom Thread Icons	Yes	Plugin	No
Custom User Profile Fields	No	Yes	Yes
CMS / Blog Bridges	Drupal eGroupWare	Drupal WordPress	No.
User Accounts integration	No.	other-database	No.
Template Engine	No.	Custom Template Engine	No.
Administration & Support	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
Installation Method	Installation Wizard	Installation Wizard	Installation Wizard
Upgrade Method	Upgrade Wizard	Upgrade Wizard	Upgrade Wizard
Updates Notifications	true	true	true
Forum Migration	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Supported Forum Migration
User Management	User Groups	User Groups	User Groups
User Banishment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mass Mailing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Close/Lock Threads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Backup Database	Yes	No	Yes
Prune Database	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restore Database	Yes	No	Yes
Statistics	Yes	Plugin	Yes
Error/Notice Log Viewer	Unknown	Plugin	No
Scheduled Tasks	Unknown	Unknown	No

W3C Norms/Accessibility	FUDForum	Phorum	Vanilla
HTML / XHTML	XHTML 1.0 Transitional	XHTML 1.0 Transitional	XHTML 1.0 Strict
Stylesheets (CSS)	CSS 1	CSS 2	CSS 2
Accessibility (WAI)	No.	A	AA
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
W3C Norms	Yes	Yes	Yes