bbPress vs. miniBB vs. phpBB

General bbPress miniBB phpBB
Version
0.9.0.4
2.4
3.0.8
Release Date
2009-01-02 (15 years ago)
2008-08-17 (15 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-03-11 (15 years ago)
2009-09-02 (14 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
Author
bbpress.org
miniBB Team
The phpBB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2
GPL
General Public License
License cost
0
Free
0.00
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup bbPress miniBB phpBB
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
manual
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
No
No
No
Technology bbPress miniBB phpBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts bbPress miniBB phpBB
BBCode
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Optional
No
Emoticons
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Nested
Single
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums bbPress miniBB phpBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
one level
unlimited
Last Post
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Trashcan Forum
Yes
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security bbPress miniBB phpBB
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Groups
One group only
No
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ACLs
No
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Warnings
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Suspension
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
User Reports
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification bbPress miniBB phpBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Plugin
0
Jabber
Bookmarks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Community bbPress miniBB phpBB
Avatars
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
User Ranks
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Signatures
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Users Online List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Private Messaging
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Custom profile fields
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Moderation bbPress miniBB phpBB
Moderators
global
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Search bbPress miniBB phpBB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization bbPress miniBB phpBB
Languages
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Plugin
Yes
Smiley Packs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features bbPress miniBB phpBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Data Management bbPress miniBB phpBB
Available Importers
Pruning
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Plugin
Plugin
No
Export Formats
BBXF
Users' logins/emails can be exported in CSV or TXT
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Plugin
Yes
Yes
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