UltraBB vs. Invision Power Board vs. myUPB vs. YaBB vs. MyBB vs. FluxBB

General UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Version
1.15
3.2.3
2.2.6
2.5 AE
1.6.3
1.4.5
Release Date
April-11-2007
2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
2009-06-05 (14 years ago)
2010-07-04 (13 years ago)
2011-04-16 (12 years ago)
22/03/2011
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)
2011-05-05 (12 years ago)
Author
Jim Hale
Invision Power Services
PHP Outburst
YaBB Development Team
MyBB Group
FluxBB development team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Lifetime
Commercial
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
YPL (Modified GNU GPL)
Custom
GPL v2
License cost
$99.00
License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
free
Free
US$0
0
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Installation method
manual
wizard
manual
wizard
wizard
wizard
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
manual
wizard with manual interactions
wizard
wizard
Hosting available
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Technology UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP 5.2+
PHP
Perl
PHP
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
1
MySQL Database
0
0
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
3
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
BBCode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Patch
Emoticons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Single
Nested
Nested
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Attachments
One file
Multiple files
One file
Multiple files
Multiple files
No
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
one level
unlimited
No
one level
unlimited
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Trashcan Forum
No
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Anti-Spam and Security UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Groups
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
No
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
One group only
Flood Control
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Patch
Suspension
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Bans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Logging
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Patch
User Reports
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
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 FluxBB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
No
Private message notifications and broadcast messages
Bookmarks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Community UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Avatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Patch
Signatures
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Custom profile fields
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Moderation UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Moderators
global and forums
global and forums
global
global and forums
global and forums
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Search UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unread Topics
No
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Customization UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global and forum specific
global
global
global and forum specific
CSS only
Custom BBCodes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Skin-Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Polls
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Calendar
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Patch
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Data Management UltraBB Invision Power Board myUPB YaBB MyBB FluxBB
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
No
No
Patch
Export Formats
SQL
full textdb export
print layout; storage folders
Export private messages
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Lo-Fi View
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
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