BurningBoard vs. Invision Power Board vs. phpBB vs. SMF vs. UBB.threads

General BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Version
4.1.11
3.2.3
3.0.8
2.0.6
7.5.4.2
Release Date
2016-03-12 (8 years ago)
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2013-10-21 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-05-30 (7 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-10-25 (10 years ago)
2010-02-04 (14 years ago)
Author
Woltlab GmbH
Invision Power Services
The phpBB Group
Simple Machines
Mindraven
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
License
commercial / visible source
Commercial
General Public License
BSD
Commercial
License cost
$89.99
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
0.00
0
$139
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Setup BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
No
Yes
No
No
No
Technology BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Programming Language
PHP5
PHP 5.2+
PHP
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
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
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trashcan Forum
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Other
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
An Akismet mod is available
Notification BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Plugin
No
Jabber
0
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Community BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global, forums and threads
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Search BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Data Management BurningBoard Invision Power Board phpBB SMF UBB.threads
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Export Formats
sql
SQL
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
WAP(2), IMode
Export private messages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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