🆚 MyBB vs. Simple Machines Forum

Type

Internet forum software
Internet forum software

About

MyBB is an open-source, community developed bulletin board software built with PHP.

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is open-source PHP forum software used to host and manage online community discussion boards with a SQL database backend.

It provides an advanced permission and user management system, support for themes and extensions, email notifications, attachment handling, topic and post tracking, moderation tools, over 45 interface languages, and compatibility with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases.

Headquarters

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Simple Machines Forum technology is 2.1 times more popular than MyBB.
Total websites

Market share

Internet Forum Software

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Simple Machines Forum is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while MyBB is more popular in Poland, Turkey, and Iran.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Poland
Russia
Turkey
France
Netherlands
Thailand
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Simple Machines Forum is more popular among sites focused on forum, bulletin boards, games, and marketing and merchandising, while MyBB is more commonly used on Internet services sites.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Games
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Sports
Entertainment
Recreation/Hobbies
Motor Vehicles
Technical/Business Forums
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
leakedbb.com
#95,472
#108,518
#109,057
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Name
Rank
lottosociety.com
#11,341
#33,597
#45,022
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See also

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