frontend comparison

Table view held here until tables get fixed in the wiki
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/soft...ures-list.html

General Features

Frontend: nghost2
Design: Monolithic; Multi-threaded + Multi-Process plugins; Desktop
Cost: Free
Skinning System: XML, Full Behavioral
Navigation: Yes (Navit)
OBD-II: Yes
FusionBrain Support: No
Bluetooth Phone Support: No
Graphics Backend: SDL (software acceleration)
External Application Embedding Support: No

Frontend: nghost3*
Design: Multi-process; Shell
Cost: Free
Skinning System: Themes, XML
Navigation: Yes (Navit)
OBD-II: Yes
FusionBrain Support: Yes
Bluetooth Phone Support: Yes
Graphics Backend: OpenGL (via Clutter)
External Application Embedding Support: No

Frontend: RevFE
Design: Monolithic; Multi-threaded plugins
Cost: Free
Skinning System: Behavioral, XML
Navigation: Yes (via plugins)
OBD-II: Yes (WIP)
FusionBrain Support: Yes (WIP)
Bluetooth Phone Support: No
Graphics Backend: Qt
External Application Embedding Support: ?

Frontend: CF2
Design: Monolithic with plugin support
Cost: $125 (normally)
Skinning System: Behavioral, XML
Navigation: No (but navigation version is available) (plugins also available)
OBD-II: Yes
FusionBrain Support: Yes
Bluetooth Phone Support: Yes
Graphics Backend: DirectX
External Application Embedding Support: Yes

Frontend: RR
Design: Monolithic with plugin support
Cost: Free for personal use
Skinning System: Behavioral, Text-format
Navigation: Yes (via plugins)
OBD-II: Yes (via external app/plugin)
FusionBrain Support: Yes
Bluetooth Phone Support: Yes
Graphics Backend: GDI, GDI+, DirectX
External Application Embedding Support: Yes

Media Playback Capabilities

Frontend: nghost2
Audio Backend: Mplayer, Phonon
Video Backend: Mplayer, Phonon
Media Browser Type: ID3 Metadata based (database)
Playlist Editor: No
Upnp Server Browser: No
Bluetooth Streams: No
HD Radio: Yes
AM/FM Radio: Yes
Satellite Radio: No

Frontend: nghost3
Audio Backend: Gstreamer
Video Backend: Gstreamer
Media Browser Type: ID3 Metadata based (database)
Playlist Editor: Yes
Upnp Server Browser: Yes
Bluetooth Streams: Yes
HD Radio: Yes
AM/FM Radio: Yes
Satellite Radio: No

Frontend: RevFE
Audio Backend: Phonon (DirectShow, Quicktime, Gstreamer)
Video Backend: Phonon
Media Browser Type: File/Folder + ID3 Metadata
Playlist Editor: Yes
Upnp Server Browser: No
Bluetooth Streams: No
HD Radio: Yes
AM/FM Radio: No
Satellite Radio: No

Frontend: CF2
Audio Backend: ?
Video Backend: ?
Media Browser Type: ID3 Metadata
Playlist Editor: ?
Upnp Server Browser: No
Bluetooth Streams: No
HD Radio: Yes
AM/FM Radio: ?
Satellite Radio: Yes

Frontend: RR
Audio Backend: Winamp, WMP, FMOD, Foobar2000, iTunes
Video Backend: Built-In, WMP, MPC, VLC, MSVid
Media Browser Type: File/Folder
Playlist Editor: Yes
Upnp Server Browser: No
Bluetooth Streams: No
HD Radio: Yes
AM/FM Radio: Yes
Satellite Radio: Yes

Developer Features

Frontend: nghost2
Documented API: Yes
Native Language: C++
Language Support: Native C++ plugins, All/Any (via IPC)
OS Support: Linux, BSD, MacOSX
Open Source: Yes (GPL)

Frontend: nghost3
Documented API: Yes
Native Language: C++/Moc
Language Support: C++, .NET 2.0/3.5 (via Mono)
OS Support: Linux, BSD, MacOSX
Open Source: Yes (LGPL/GPL)

Frontend: RevFE
Documented API: Yes (wiki in progress)
Native Language: C++/Moc
Language Support: C++, .NET 2.0/3.5/Mono
OS Support: Linux, BSD, MacOSX, Windows
Open Source: Yes (GPL)

Frontend: CF2
Documented API: Yes
Native Language: Managed C++
Language Support: .NET 2.0
OS Support: Windows, Windows CE?
Open Source: No

Frontend: RR
Documented API: Yes
Native Language: VB6
Language Support: .NET 2.0, All/Any (via COM?)
OS Support: Windows
Open Source: No

Frontend: LinuxICE
Design: Complete Multi-tasking/multi-process Operating System
Cost : Free (gratis, libre)
Skinning System: XML based
Navigation : Navit
OBD-II : OBDGPSLogger and nCarInfo
FusionBrain Support : Yes via FBd
Bluetooth Phone Support : Via optional nohands and/or raw bluez
Graphics Backend: SDL, OpenGL, Qt,
External Application Embedding Support: No need to embed, apps run just like they should.