Editing Invision Community (section)

{{Short description|Internet community software}}
{{primary sources|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Invision Community
| logo = Invision Community logo.png
| caption = The IPS Company Forums, running IP.Suite 4
| developer = Invision Power Services
| latest release version = 4.7.19
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2024|11|12}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes/|title=Release Notes|website=Invision Community|accessdate=27 November 2023}}</ref>
| platform = [[PHP]] / [[MySQL]]
| genre = [[Internet forum|Forum software]]
| license = [https://www.invisioncommunity.com/legal/license Proprietary]
| website = {{url|invisioncommunity.com}}
}}
'''Invision Community'''  is a brand of [[Internet forum|forum]] software developed in 2002 and originally marketed as Invision Power Board.  The current version of the software was written in [[PHP]] and uses [[MySQL]] for [[database management system|database storage]]. 

Invision Power Services (IPS) was created in 2002 by [[Charles Warner (software developer)|Charles Warner]] and [[Matt Mecham]] after they left [[Jarvis Entertainment Group]], which had bought the forum software [[Ikonboard]] from Mecham. Their first product sold by IPS was the forum software Invision Power Board, which quickly gathered a community of former Ikonboard users.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitepoint.com/matt-mecham-ibforums/|title=Interview -- Matt Mecham of Ibforums|publisher=SitePoint|date=Oct 29, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2014|author=Bes Zain}}</ref>

The software has been marketed for over twenty years and has been updated and changed over that timeframe.