Geeklog vs. Wordpress vs. Serendipity vs. Pivot

General Features Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Version
1.8.2
2.0.7
1.1
1.40.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
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
WordPress Development Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
BSD
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Any
Webserver
any
Anything with PHP
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
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 Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
None
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
various other plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
None
Support Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
1
5+
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
MovableType, Blogger
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comment Features Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Wordpress Serendipity Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
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