🆚 bbPress vs. phpBB

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Internet forum software
Internet forum software

About

bbPress is a free plugin that adds forum functionality to WordPress websites.

It offers simple forum setup, integration with WordPress user accounts, support for subscriptions, tags, search, and shortcodes, and is extensible through additional plugins.

phpBB is an open-source forum software written in PHP.

It provides a flat topic and post structure with hierarchical sub-forums, user groups and permissions management, multiple attachments per post, full-text search, multilingual support across 50+ languages, and access to over 450 extensions and 280 themes in its official customization database.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The bbPress Internet forum software is 1.9 times more popular than phpBB.
Total websites

Market share

Internet Forum Software

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

bbPress is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Japan, while phpBB is more popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Russia
Spain
Japan
Italy
Netherlands
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

bbPress is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and marketing and merchandising, while phpBB is more commonly used on forum, bulletin boards, recreation and hobbies, and technical, business forums sites.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Sports
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Recreation/Hobbies
Entertainment
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#20,641
#21,772
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Name
Rank
#25,640
rajsharmastories.com
#25,955
#28,984
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