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

General DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Version
development
1.6.3
10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS
3.2.3
3.0.9
3.0.8
Release Date
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
2013-02-08 (11 years ago)
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-12-15 (13 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2013-02-19 (11 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
Author
Alexey Afinogenov, Sergey Maranchuk
MyBB Group
Tiki Software Community Association
Invision Power Services
The FUDForum development team and user community.
The phpBB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Custom
LGPL
Commercial
GNU General Public License
General Public License
License cost
0
US$0
0
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
Free
0.00
Main View
Classic forum list
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Technology DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
PHP 5.2+
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
4
MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
One file
Multiple files
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
No
Forums DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
unlimited
one level
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Anti-Spam and Security DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Akismet plugin available.
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
Jabber
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Full-text search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
No
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Friendly URLs
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Data Management DjangoBB MyBB TikiWiki CMS-Groupware Invision Power Board FUDforum phpBB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
Export Formats
SQL
PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
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