phpBB vs. MyBB vs. FluxBB

General phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Version
3.0.8
1.6.3
1.4.5
Release Date
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
22/03/2011
Last Update here
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2011-05-05 (12 years ago)
Author
The phpBB Group
MyBB Group
FluxBB development team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
General Public License
Custom
GPL v2
License cost
0.00
US$0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
No
Technology phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File 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 phpBB MyBB FluxBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
Patch
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
Patch
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Patch
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
unlimited
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Plugin
No
Anti-Spam and Security phpBB MyBB FluxBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Patch
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
One group only
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
Yes
Yes
Patch
Suspension
Yes
Yes
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Patch
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Akismet plugin available.
Notification phpBB MyBB FluxBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Jabber
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
No
Community phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Patch
Yes
Patch
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Patch
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
Patch
Moderation phpBB MyBB FluxBB
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
No
Search phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Customization phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Languages
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Polls
Yes
Yes
Patch
Calendar
No
Yes
Patch
Friendly URLs
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Data Management phpBB MyBB FluxBB
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Patch
Export Formats
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
Export private messages
Yes
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
No
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