General | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
3.2.3
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4.1.5
|
3.0.8
|
Release Date |
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
|
2011-07-26 (13 years ago)
|
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
|
Last Update here |
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
|
2011-08-25 (13 years ago)
|
2011-06-22 (13 years ago)
|
Author |
Invision Power Services
|
vBulletin Solutions
|
The phpBB Group
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
License |
Commercial
|
commercial / visible source
|
General Public License
|
License cost |
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
|
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
|
0.00
|
Main View | |||
Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
Flat
|
Setup | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Installation method |
wizard
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
Upgrade method |
wizard
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
Hosting available |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Technology | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Programming Language |
PHP 5.2+
|
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 | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
HTML |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Attachments |
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Mark as solved | |||
Forums | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Subforums |
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
unlimited
|
Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Redirect Forums |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trashcan Forum |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Anti-Spam and Security | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Warnings |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Logging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
User Reports |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Other |
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
Akismet
|
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
|
Notification | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Instant Messaging |
No
|
Jabber
|
|
Bookmarks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Community | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
User Ranks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Moderation | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Split Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Search | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Advanced search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unread Topics |
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Customization | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Templates |
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
global and forum specific
|
Custom BBCodes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Special Features | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Data Management | Invision Power Board | vBulletin | phpBB |
Available Importers | |||
Pruning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Export Formats |
SQL
|
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
|
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
|
Export private messages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Lo-Fi View |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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