DjangoBB vs. Invision Power Board vs. MyBB vs. TikiWiki CMS-Groupware

General DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Version
development
3.2.3
1.6.3
10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS
Release Date
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2013-02-08 (11 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-12-15 (13 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-02-19 (11 years ago)
Author
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
Invision Power Services
MyBB Group
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Commercial
Custom
LGPL
License cost
0
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
US$0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
Yes
Yes
No
No
Technology DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Programming Language
Python
PHP 5.2+
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Attachments
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
unlimited
unlimited
one level
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Anti-Spam and Security DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
Warnings
No
Yes
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
Yes
No
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Akismet plugin available.
Notification DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Private Messaging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
Yes
No
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Full-text search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Data Management DjangoBB Invision Power Board MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
No
Export Formats
SQL
Export private messages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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