Slightly OT: Forum SW comparisons?

[angelo]

Here, CMSMS is running SMF.  I'm also looking at phpBB. Any pros/cons between these two? Is there maybe another that I should consider?

Reqs:
- OSS/GPL license.
- Moderated registrations
- PHP or ASP or CFML for the language
- IIS-friendly
- MySQL

Thanks in advance.

[lemkepf]

just quickly before my morning meeting... but ...
SMF: Seems to be much simpler but without the huge community base behind it.
PHPBB: tons of extensions, community, and stable code... problem... they seem to have an issue with security. (18 updates to there version 2... almost 50 security updates in them).

I personally use phpbb only because i've been using it for years. I like it... just keep up with the updates otherwise you'll be looking at a hacked forum.

[Ted]

I personally like SMF better for 2 reasons.

1. It seems to have less security issues
2. It's MUCH easier to upgrade.  Just click and go.  Updating phpbb (which is pretty often) is usually a pain, especially if you've made any changes to any files.

[agraddy]

I'm a huge fan of punBB. Clean code, actively being developed, and very lite. There are community created modules to substitute for most of the features that may be lacking in the base install.

http://www.punbb.org - main site

http://www.punres.org - module site

[amygdela]

I'm a fan of SMF and the latest vBulletin ($$$$) releases.