🆚 MyBB vs. NodeBB
- 📈 MyBB is five times more popular than NodeBB.
- 🌎 MyBB is more popular in Germany, the United States, and Poland.
- 🌍 NodeBB is more popular in India, China, and Norway.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Internet forum software
Internet forum software
About
MyBB is an open-source, community developed bulletin board software built with 
PHP.
NodeBB is an open-source forum software built with 
Node.js that supports real-time streaming discussions, instant notifications via 
WebSockets, multiple database backends (Redis, 
MongoDB, 
PostgreSQL), mobile-friendly responsive design, and a REST API.
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Open source
Cloud
Starter
(50K pageviews)$20/month
(50K pageviews)$20/month
Hamlet
(500K pageviews)$100/month
(500K pageviews)$100/month
Village
(2M pageviews)$250/month
(2M pageviews)$250/month
City
(10M pageviews)$750/month
(10M pageviews)$750/month
Categories
Internet Forum Software › Rank #10
Internet Forum Software › Rank #14
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The MyBB Internet forum software is 5 times more popular than NodeBB.
Total websites
Market share
Internet Forum Software
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
MyBB is more popular in Germany, the United States, and Poland, while NodeBB is more popular in India, China, and Norway.
Germany
United States
Poland
Turkey
United Kingdom
France
Iran
Spain
Czech Republic
India
Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Turkey in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Poland in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Germany in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Internet Forum Software category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
MyBB is more popular among sites focused on forum, bulletin boards, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising, while NodeBB is more commonly used on games sites.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Internet Services
Games
Recreation/Hobbies
Education/Reference
Sports
Marketing/Merchandising
Motor Vehicles
Gambling Related
Religion/Ideology
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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Zulip🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,522,912 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.