Comparison of internet forum software (other)

This is a comparison of the features of various Internet forum packages written in languages other than ASP and PHP.

General Information

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

	Creator	Current stable version	Programming language	Cost (USD)	License	Latest release date
Barracuda Forum 1	MB Technologies - Real Time Logic	1.0	Bindows2 LSP3	Free (Requires BarracudaDrive)	Proprietary	2007-12-01
Beast 4	Josh Goebel and Rick Olson	1.0	Ruby	Free	MIT	2007-05-20
conversationboard 5	Keith Watson	1.2	Java	Free	GPL	2007-05-18
E-Blah 6	Justin Osborne	10.3	Perl	Free	GPL	2007-08-17
E-Blah SQL 7	Justin Osborne	Beta 3.5	Perl	Free	GPL	2007-08-12
FuseTalk CF 8	FuseTalk Inc.	3.1	ColdFusion	$689 (Basic), $3,398 (Standard), $2,898 (Education), $4998(Enterprise)	Proprietary	2007-09-19
Gossamer Forum 9	Gossamer Threads	1.2.3	Perl	License: US$200 (Free for Non-Profit)	Proprietary	2006-10-12
Groupee Forums 10	Groupee, Inc.	4.0.3 (with Groupee Community 1.2.11)	Java	$25/month on shared server, $499/month on dedicated server	Proprietary	Unknown
Ikonboard 11	Matt Mecham (original creator)	3.1.5	Perl	Free	Proprietary	Unknown
IkonForums 12	IkonForums Team	1.0.0 RC2	Perl	Free	Other	2007-10-30
JForum 13	Rafael Steil	2.1.8	Java	Free	BSD	2007-02-25
Jive Forums 14	Jive Software	5.0.5	Java	$1950 - $19950 - plus 20% P.A for support / upgrades	Proprietary	2006-06-21
Kareha 15	Dag Agren	3.1.3	Perl	Free	Public Domain	2007-01-28
mvnForum 16	Minh Nguyen	1.0.2 GA	Java	Free	GPL	2006-07-15
MwForum 17	Markus Wichitill	2.12.0	Perl	Free	GPL	2007-07-26
PasForum 18	?	?	Pascal (FPC, Kylix, Delphi)	Free	Artistic/Other	Unknown
Pocoo 19	Pocoo Team	0.1.5	Python	Free	GPL	2006-12-26
RForum 20	Andreas Schwarz	0.2	Ruby	Free	MIT	Unknown
swfbb 21	SWFbb Development Team	0.5	ActionScript (Flash)	Free	Unknown	Unknown
Tetra WebBBS 22	webbbs-team.org	5.22	Perl	Free	Proprietary	2007-08-01
UBB.classic 23	Groupee, Inc.	6.7.3	Perl	$199 standard license, $99 renewal	Proprietary	2005-11-16
YaBB 24	YaBB Development Team	2.1	Perl	Free	Other	2005-11-08
Yazd Forum 25	Yasna Inc.	3.0	Java	Free	Apache	2006-11-07
	Creator	Current stable version	Programming language	Cost	License	Latest release date

Features

	Flat	Threaded	User-selectable themes	Calendar	Image attachment	Unread message tracking	WYSIWYG Editor
Barracuda Forum
Beast						?	?
conversationboard						Full
E-Blah						Full
E-Blah SQL						Full
FuseTalk CF						Session
Gossamer Forum						?	?
Groupee Forums						?	?
Ikonboard						Session
IkonForums						Session
JForum						Session / Full when user is logged in
Jive Forums						Full
Kareha
mvnForum						?
mwForum						Full
PasForum						?	?
Pocoo						?
RForum						?	?
Tetra WebBBS						Session
UBB.classic						Session
YaBB						Full	Partial
Yazd Forum						Session
	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	Access	Firebird
Barracuda Forum
Beast
conversationboard
E-Blah
E-Blah SQL
FuseTalk CF
Gossamer Forum
Groupee Forums
Ikonboard
IkonForums
JForum
Jive Forums
Kareha
mvnForum
mwForum
PasForum
Pocoo
RForum
Tetra WebBBS
UBB.classic
YaBB
Yazd Forum

	Flat file	MySQL	PostgreSQL	MSSQL	Oracle	SQLite	Access	Firebird

See also

Comparison of forums written in ASP and ASP.NET
Comparison of forums written in PHP