General | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
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Version |
3.2.3
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4.1.5
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1.4.5
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1.6.3
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Release Date |
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
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2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
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22/03/2011
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2011-04-16 (13 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
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2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
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2011-05-05 (13 years ago)
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2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
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Author |
Invision Power Services
|
vBulletin Solutions
|
FluxBB development team
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MyBB Group
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
Commercial
|
commercial / visible source
|
GPL v2
|
Custom
|
License cost |
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
|
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
|
0
|
US$0
|
Main View | ||||
Thread-Type |
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Setup | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
Hosting available |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Technology | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Programming Language |
PHP 5.2+
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
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UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
Other Storage | ||||
Source Code Repo | ||||
Issue Tracker | ||||
Posts | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
HTML |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
No
|
Multiple files
|
Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Mark as solved | ||||
Forums | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Subforums |
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
No
|
unlimited
|
Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Redirect Forums |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Anti-Spam and Security | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
One group only
|
Multiple groups
|
Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Warnings |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Logging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Other |
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
Akismet
|
Akismet plugin available.
|
|
Notification | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Instant Messaging |
No
|
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Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Community | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Moderation | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
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
|
No
|
Yes
|
Search | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Session tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Customization | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
CSS only
|
global and forum specific
|
Custom BBCodes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Special Features | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Data Management | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | FluxBB | MyBB |
Available Importers | ||||
Pruning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
Export Formats |
SQL
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
|
||
Export private messages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
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