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| General Features | Geeklog  | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
1.8.2 |
1.1 |
2.1.3 |
1.40.6 |
| Release Date |
30 Dez 2012 |
2006-12-28 |
2008-11-20 |
July 14, 2008 |
| Author |
Geeklog Team |
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al |
Olivier Meunier |
Pivot Team |
| URL |
www.geeklog.net |
www.s9y.org |
dotclear.org |
www.pivotlog.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GNU version 2 |
BSD |
GPL v2 |
GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
 none |
0 |
0 |
Free |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
 31 |
English, German, Danish, French and many more |
6 |
English, Dutch, 30+ others (downloadable) |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Requirements | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Programming Language |
php |
PHP |
PHP 5 |
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended |
| Operating System |
any |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Unix/Linux, Windows |
Any |
| Webserver |
any |
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS) |
Apache, Lighthttpd |
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher |
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite) |
|
|
| Datastorage | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Text Files |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Other |
no |
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL |
|
XML-based flat file storage |
| Anti-Spam | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Akismet Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Word Blacklist |
 Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
No |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins |
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks, |
Trackback validation |
|
| User Access Features | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
No |
| Other Authentication |
|
|
Extendable authentication API |
|
| Support | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Commercial Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Online Help |
www.geeklog.net |
www.s9y.org |
dotclear.org |
www.pivotlog.net |
| Issue Tracker |
project.geeklog.net |
sourceforge.net |
dev.dotclear.org |
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Books |
1 |
None |
1 |
None |
| Support Forum |
www.geeklog.net |
board.s9y.org |
dotclear.net |
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Mailing List |
www.geeklog.net |
lists.sourceforge.net |
|
www.pivotlog.net |
| IRC-Channel |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net |
www.s9y.org |
#dotclear on freenode |
None |
| Blogging Features | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Categorization |
Single |
Multiple |
Single |
Multiple |
| Tags |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
No |
| Ping Service Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Blog by Email |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Blog API |
|
MovableType, Blogger |
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger |
MetaWeblog, Moblog |
| Post Editing | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Spell Checker |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
No |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Asset Management |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
|
| Comment Features | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Comment Layout |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
| Gravatars |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Open-ID Support |
Client + Server |
None |
|
None |
| Extended Features | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Search Engine |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Google Sitemap |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Workflow | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Versioning |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Content Import |
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ... |
|
|
| Content Export |
|
Dump to RSS, Database export |
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
|
No |
No |
|
| HTML Output |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Trash |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Geeklog | Serendipity | DotClear | Pivot |
| Podcast Feeds |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| YouTube Support |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Media Converter |
|
No |
No |
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
|
Plugin |
No |
|
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