MyBB vs. SMF vs. Invision Power Board vs. Yazd

General MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Version
1.6.3
2.0.6
3.2.3
3.0 Stable-Beta
Release Date
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
Author
MyBB Group
Simple Machines
Invision Power Services
Group Effort
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
Custom
BSD
Commercial
Apache
License cost
US$0
0
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
Free
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
Yes
No
Technology MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP 5.2+
Java
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Single
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
one level
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Other
Akismet plugin available.
An Akismet mod is available
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Notification MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
Bookmarks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Community MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Moderation MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Moderators
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Search MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Customization MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Data Management MyBB SMF Invision Power Board Yazd
Available Importers
Pruning
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Export Formats
WAP(2), IMode
SQL
none
Export private messages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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