| General | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.15
|
3.2.3
|
2.2.6
|
2.5 AE
|
1.6.3
|
| Release Date |
2024-04-28 (today)
|
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
|
2009-06-05 (14 years ago)
|
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
|
2011-04-16 (13 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-07-01 (15 years ago)
|
2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
|
2009-06-09 (14 years ago)
|
2010-07-06 (13 years ago)
|
2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
|
| Author |
Jim Hale
|
Invision Power Services
|
PHP Outburst
|
YaBB Development Team
|
MyBB Group
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Lifetime
|
Commercial
|
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
|
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
|
Custom
|
| License cost |
$99.00
|
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
|
free
|
Free
|
US$0
|
| Main View | |||||
| Thread-Type |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded or Flat
|
| Setup | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Installation method |
manual
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard
|
wizard
|
| Upgrade method |
manual
|
wizard
|
manual
|
wizard with manual interactions
|
wizard
|
| Hosting available |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Technology | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP 5.2+
|
PHP
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Data Storage |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
0
|
0
|
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
| Other Storage | |||||
| Source Code Repo | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Posts | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| BBCode |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Emoticons |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Nested
|
Nested
|
Single
|
Nested
|
Nested
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Attachments |
One file
|
Multiple files
|
One file
|
Multiple files
|
Multiple files
|
| Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Mark as solved | |||||
| Forums | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Subforums |
one level
|
unlimited
|
No
|
one level
|
unlimited
|
| Last Post |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Redirect Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Trashcan Forum |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Anti-Spam and Security | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Groups |
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
No
|
Multiple groups
|
Multiple groups
|
| Flood Control |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Warnings |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Suspension |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Bans |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| IP-Block |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Logging |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| User Reports |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Other |
E-mail blocking
|
Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
|
IP address log
|
trademark "the Guardian" system
|
Akismet plugin available.
|
| Notification | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Instant Messaging |
No
|
No
|
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
|
||
| Bookmarks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Community | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Avatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| User Ranks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Signatures |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Users Online List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Messaging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom profile fields |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Moderation | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Moderators |
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
global
|
global and forums
|
global and forums
|
| Move Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Split Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Close Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Shadow Topics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sticky Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Important Threads |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Search | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Full-text search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Author search |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced search |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Unread Topics |
No
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
Database tracked
|
| Customization | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mobile View |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Templates |
global
|
global and forum specific
|
global
|
global
|
global and forum specific
|
| Custom BBCodes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Skin-Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Smiley Packs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Data Management | UltraBB | Invision Power Board | myUPB | YaBB | MyBB |
| Available Importers | |||||
| Pruning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Export Formats |
SQL
|
full textdb export
|
print layout; storage folders
|
||
| Export private messages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Lo-Fi View |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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