FlatPress vs. Movable Type vs. Wordpress vs. Geeklog

General Features FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Version
0.1010
4.21
2.0.7
1.8.2
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Six Apart
WordPress Development Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
0
none
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
Optional
System Requirements FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
Perl 5
PHP
php
Operating System
Platform Independent
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
None
no
Anti-Spam FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
various other plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Other Authentication
Pluggable
None
Support FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
2-5
5+
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Yes
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
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