myUPB vs. BurningBoard vs. idealBB vs. phpBB

General myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Version
2.2.6
4.1.11
Ideal BB.Net Version 3.1.6
3.0.8
Release Date
2009-06-05 (14 years ago)
2016-03-12 (8 years ago)
2006-12-03 (17 years ago)
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-06-09 (14 years ago)
2016-05-30 (7 years ago)
2006-12-04 (17 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
Author
PHP Outburst
Woltlab GmbH
Ideal Science, Inc.
The phpBB Group
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
No
Yes
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
commercial / visible source
General Public License
License cost
free
$89.99
$299 - $24,999
0.00
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Setup myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
No
No
Yes
No
Technology myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP5
ASP.Net, C #
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Data Storage
0
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 myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Single
Nested
Single
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Attachments
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
No
unlimited
one level
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Groups
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
ACLs
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Suspension
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
User Reports
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Other
IP address log
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Notification myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
Plugin
No
Jabber
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Community myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
Yes
No
Patch
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Moderation myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Moderators
global
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
Yes
No
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Customization myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Skin-Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Data Management myUPB BurningBoard idealBB phpBB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Export Formats
full textdb export
sql
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
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