| General | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.2.3
|
2015-07-13
|
2.5 AE
|
1.9.11
|
| Release Date |
2011-10-18 (14 years ago)
|
2015-07-13 (10 years ago)
|
2010-07-05 (15 years ago)
|
Febuary 28, 2009
|
| Last Update here |
2012-02-07 (14 years ago)
|
2018-11-01 (7 years ago)
|
2010-07-06 (15 years ago)
|
2012-03-02 (14 years ago)
|
| Author |
Invision Power Services
|
Yves Goergen
|
YaBB Development Team
|
The XMB Group
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Commercial
|
GPL
|
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
|
General Public License
|
| License cost |
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
|
0
|
Free
|
0.00
|
| Main View |
Classic forum list
|
|||
| Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Setup | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Installation method |
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Upgrade method |
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
| Hosting available |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Technology | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Programming Language |
PHP 5.2+
|
PHP 5
|
Perl
|
php
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
0
|
1
MySQL Database |
| Other Storage | ||||
| Source Code Repo | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Posts | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Attachments |
Multiple files
|
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved |
No
|
|||
| Forums | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
one level
|
one level
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
trademark "the Guardian" system
|
||
| Notification | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
No
|
Jabber
|
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
|
|
| Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Moderation | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| 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
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
| Customization | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Languages |
0
|
13
Czech, German, English, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese |
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Data Management | Invision Power Board | Unclassified NewsBoard | YaBB | XMB |
| Available Importers |
Invision Board 1.1.2, phpBB 2.0.x, Woltlab Burning Board 1.x
|
|||
| Pruning |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
SQL
|
none
|
print layout; storage folders
|
|
| Export private messages |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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