phpBB vs. XMB vs. Invision Power Board

General phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Version
3.0.8
1.9.11
3.2.3
Release Date
2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
Febuary 28, 2009
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
2012-03-02 (12 years ago)
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
Author
The phpBB Group
The XMB Group
Invision Power Services
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
License
General Public License
General Public License
Commercial
License cost
0.00
0.00
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Setup phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Installation method
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
No
No
Yes
Technology phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP 5.2+
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Optional
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
one level
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Yes
Anti-Spam and Security phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
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
Plugin
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
Notification phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
Jabber
No
Bookmarks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Moderation phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
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 phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
No
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
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
Plugin
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
Yes
Yes
Yes
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Friendly URLs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Data Management phpBB XMB Invision Power Board
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Yes
Export Formats
SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
SQL
Export private messages
Yes
No
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
Yes
Yes
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