answered
May 11 '10
Evgeny 
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http://askbot.org/
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks! It's tough to compare features, especially with Shapado and question2answer because frankly I just don't know all the details.
I can give a better comparison with OSQA because Askbot and OSQA intersected at some point - I've contributed to OSQA project for about a month and a half since OSQA was created. Before I was just working on my own fork of CNPROG for about 8 months after I've translated the original code from Chinese.
OSQA has more features, but Askbot is more stable, there are only three bug reports on this site - all fixed. I think we also have better browser support.
We have one feature that I believe no other Q&A site has - you can drill-down search using text query, tags and author name simultaneously (add/remove parts of the query without losing others, you can also read questions that you found then come back to the same search results).
OSQA has a more versatile login system - you can log in to the same account on OSQA in many ways - while here users have to stick to one. We will start working on a similar login system very soon.
Our admin interface lacks ability to upload logo, but this will be implemented.
Also we don't have an on-screen notification about new comments yet, not sure if OSQA or others have it - will be done in a week or two.
Since alwaysdata gives free accounts I'll set up one and see what it takes to deploy there. Will be happy to help.
In what language are you planning to run your forum?
edit: for django programmers out there and those who need to integrate platfrorms - askbot is a right choice - that's because we are building this tool with the integration in mind. It is not very evident yet, but will become soon. Askbot has a goal to become an "addable" django component.
Cheers.
