Feature list
Unlike many forum softwares, FluxBB is designed to be smaller and lighter without many of the less essential features. Often features which aren't included in the core are implemented by the community and released as modifications. The below feature list shows what features are included in a standard install of FluxBB.
| FluxBB v1.2 | FluxBB v1.4 | FluxBB v1.5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | GPLv2 |
| Programming language | PHP | PHP | PHP |
| UTF-8 support | no | yes | yes |
| XHTML compliant | yes | yes | yes |
| Password hashing | yes | yes | yes |
| IPv6 support | no | yes | yes |
| GZip output | yes | yes | yes |
| MySQL(i) | yes | yes | yes |
| MySQL(i) InnoDB | no | yes | yes |
| PostgreSQL | yes | yes | yes |
| SQLite | yes | yes | yes |
| External SMTP support | yes | yes | yes |
| SMTP over SSL | no | yes | yes |
| Language packs | yes | yes | yes |
| User selectable language | yes | yes | yes |
| CSS styles | yes | yes | yes |
| User selectable style | yes | yes | yes |
| Admin panel plugins | yes | yes | yes |
| Read topic tracking | no | yes | yes |
| Topic subscription | yes | yes | yes |
| Forum subscription | no | yes | yes |
| Announcements | yes | yes | yes |
| Post preview | yes | yes | yes |
| Move topics | yes | yes | yes |
| Merge topics | no | yes | yes |
| Split topics | no | yes | yes |
| Close topics | yes | yes | yes |
| Sticky topics | yes | yes | yes |
| Prune old topics | yes | yes | yes |
| Edit posts | yes | yes | yes |
| Delete posts | yes | yes | yes |
| BBCode | yes | yes | yes |
| Smilies | yes | yes | yes |
| Quoting | yes | yes | yes |
| (Dis)Allow links | no | no | yes |
| Word censoring | yes | yes | yes |
| RSS feed support | yes | yes | yes |
| Atom feed support | no | yes | yes |
| New topic feed | yes | yes | yes |
| Forum specific feed | yes | yes | yes |
| Topic specific feed | no | yes | yes |
| Disable registrations | yes | yes | yes |
| Registration notification | yes | yes | yes |
| Email validation | yes | yes | yes |
| Registration terms | yes | yes | yes |
| Online users list | yes | yes | yes |
| Avatar upload | yes | yes | yes |
| Signatures | yes | yes | yes |
| User post counts | yes | yes | yes |
| User ranks | yes | yes | no |
| User profile | yes | yes | yes |
| User preferences | yes | yes | yes |
| User titles | yes | yes | yes |
| Topic search | yes | yes | yes |
| Author search | yes | yes | yes |
| Userlist search | yes | yes | yes |
| New posts view | yes | yes | yes |
| Recent posts view | yes | yes | yes |
| Unanswered posts view | yes | yes | yes |
| Subscribed posts view | yes | yes | yes |
| View specific users posts | yes | yes | yes |
| Forum categories | yes | yes | yes |
| Redirect forums | yes | yes | yes |
| User groups | yes | yes | yes |
| Group based permissions | yes | yes | yes |
| Promote users | no | no | yes |
| Moderator groups | yes | yes | yes |
| Group titles | yes | yes | yes |
| (Dis)Allow guest view | yes | yes | yes |
| (Dis)Allow guest posts | yes | yes | yes |
| Maintenance mode | yes | yes | yes |
| Permanent bans | yes | yes | yes |
| Temporary bans | yes | yes | yes |
| Delete users | yes | yes | yes |
| Ban by username | yes | yes | yes |
| Ban by email | yes | yes | yes |
| Ban by IP address | yes | yes | yes |
| Flood control | yes | yes | yes |
| User notes | yes | yes | yes |
| IP address logging | yes | yes | yes |
| (Dis)Allow used emails | yes | yes | yes |
| (Dis)Allow banned emails | yes | yes | yes |
| Report posts | yes | yes | yes |