This is a comparison of the features of various Internet forum packages written in languages other than ASP and PHP.
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Basic general information about the forums: creator/company, license/price etc.
Creator | Current stable version | Programming language | License | Latest release date | |
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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 |
Creator | Current stable version | Programming language | License | Latest release date |
Flat | Threaded | User-selectable themes | Calendar | Image attachment | Unread message tracking | WYSIWYG Editor | |
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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 |
Information about what data storage system can be used.
Flat file | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MSSQL | Oracle | SQLite | Firebird | |
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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 |
Latest release date | Current stable version | License | Automatic Updates (for security) | |
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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 |