Geeklog vs. Movable Type vs. Blogger vs. Forest Blog

General Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Version
1.8.2
4.21
N/A
1.2.2
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
N/A
13/02/2007
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
Geeklog Team
Six Apart
Google Inc.
Patrick Robin
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
License
GNU version 2
GPL
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
none
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
Hosting Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Programming Language
php
Perl 5
N/A
ASP 3.0
Operating System
any
Platform Independant
N/A
Windows
Webserver
any
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
N/A
IIS 5+
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Text Files
No
Yes
N/A
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
N/A
No
Oracle
No
Yes
N/A
No
SQLite
No
Yes
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
N/A
Access
Anti-Spam Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
N/A
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
User Access Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Optional
N/A
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
N/A
Support Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
Books
1
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
None
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger data API
Post Editing Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Workflow Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
none
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
Content Export
Yes
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
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
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Movable Type Blogger Forest Blog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
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