IPB
IPB, short for Invision Power Board, is a proprietary Internet forum software developed by Invision Power Services (IPS). It provides a platform for building and managing online communities, combining discussion threads with user profiles, private messaging, attachments, polls, and moderation tools within a modular architecture. Since its inception in the early 2000s, IPB evolved through multiple major version series, with later releases delivering more modern templates, better performance, and expanded administrative controls. As IPS broadened its product line, IPB became part of a larger suite known as Invision Community (the IPS Community Suite), with IPB continuing to be recognized as the forum component within the broader platform.
Key features historically associated with IPB include role-based permissions, advanced moderation workflows, private messaging, topic tracking
Security and maintenance are handled through vendor-issued updates and security patches, and administrators are encouraged to
Other uses of the acronym IPB include IPB University (Institut Pertanian Bogor) in Indonesia, among other organizational