Geeklog vs. ExpressionEngine vs. PSG vs. DotClear

General Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Version
1.8.2
1.6
1.12.0
2.1.3
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2004-04-23 (22 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Geeklog Team
EllisLab, Inc.
The PSG Team
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
Proprietary
GPL
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
none
From 0$ - 249.95$
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
PHP 5
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
any
IIS, Apache
Any
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
PHP must have XML support
None
Datastorage Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
No
Anti-Spam Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
Moderation, link condom
Trackback validation
User Access Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Other Authentication
No
You can write your own auth plugin
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Categorization
Single
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comment Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog ExpressionEngine PSG DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
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