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Feature Comparison
| General Features | FlatPress  | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
0.1010 |
4.21 |
1.12.0 |
1.40.6 |
| Release Date |
January 24, 2009 |
2008-08-21 |
August 23rd, 2006 |
July 14, 2008 |
| Author |
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team |
Six Apart |
The PSG Team |
Pivot Team |
| URL |
www.flatpress.org |
www.movabletype.org |
savannah.nongnu.org |
www.pivotlog.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPLv2 |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free |
$0 |
Free |
Free |
| Development status |
Beta |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
English, Italian, Deutsch, many other available |
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch |
English, German, Danish, Spanish, French, Norwegian |
English, Dutch, 30+ others (downloadable) |
| Multi-User Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
 No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Requirements | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Programming Language |
PHP4, compatible with 5 |
Perl 5 |
PHP |
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended |
| Operating System |
Platform Independent |
Platform Independant |
Any |
Any |
| Webserver |
Apache, works on IIS |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver |
Any |
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
|
|
None |
|
| Datastorage | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Text Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MySQL |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
 Yes |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Other |
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license |
|
XML-based flat file storage |
| Anti-Spam | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Akismet Support |
 Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Word Blacklist |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
|
Numerous plugins provide complete solution |
Moderation, link condom |
|
| User Access Features | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| ACL |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
|
 Optional |
Plugin |
No |
| Other Authentication |
|
Pluggable |
You can write your own auth plugin |
|
| Support | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Online Help |
www.flatpress.org |
www.sixapart.com |
|
www.pivotlog.net |
| Issue Tracker |
www.flatpress.org |
bugs.movabletype.org |
savannah.nongnu.org |
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Books |
None |
2-5 |
None |
None |
| Support Forum |
www.flatpress.org |
forums.movabletype.org |
|
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Mailing List |
sourceforge.net |
mtos-dev@sixapart.com |
lists.projectsteveguttenberg.org |
www.pivotlog.net |
| IRC-Channel |
|
#movabletype @ freenode.net |
|
None |
| Blogging Features | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Multiple |
None |
Multiple |
| Tags |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
|
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
|
Receive |
No |
No |
| Ping Service Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
|
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Blog by Email |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| Blog API |
WordPress (plugin) |
XML-RPC and Atom |
|
MetaWeblog, Moblog |
| Post Editing | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Multi-paged posts |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Spell Checker |
No |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Undo |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Asset Management |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Comment Features | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Gravatars |
 Patch |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Open-ID Support |
|
Client + Server |
None |
None |
| Extended Features | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Polls / Surveys |
|
Plugin |
No |
|
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Google Sitemap |
Patch |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Workflow | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Versioning |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
simple |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Content Import |
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR |
|
|
| Content Export |
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress |
Yes |
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
|
No |
No |
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| Web Statistics |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| RSS 0.9x |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | FlatPress | Movable Type | PSG | Pivot |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| YouTube Support |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Media Converter |
|
No |
No |
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
|
No |
No |
|
| Last updated | 2011-01-31 | 2008-10-11 | 2010-05-21 | 2008-07-30 |
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