| General Features | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Version |
1.8.2 |
2.4 |
4.21 |
2.0.7 |
Release Date |
30 Dez 2012 |
02-dec-2006 |
2008-08-21 |
2007-01-15 |
Author |
Geeklog Team |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Six Apart |
WordPress Development Team |
URL |
www.geeklog.net |
b2evolution.net |
www.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
License |
GNU version 2 |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
License Cost/ Fee |
 none |
0 - Free |
$0 |
0 |
Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Interface Languages |
31 |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch |
46 |
Multi-User Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Multi-Site Deployment |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
| System Requirements | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Programming Language |
php |
PHP |
Perl 5 |
PHP |
Operating System |
any |
Linux, Windows or other |
Platform Independant |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Webserver |
any |
Apache, IIS or other |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver |
Anything with PHP |
Root Access |
 No |
|
 No |
 No |
Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher |
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| Datastorage | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Text Files |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
MySQL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
PostgreSQL |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
Oracle |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
SQLite |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
BerkeleyDB |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
MS SQL Server |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
Other |
 no |
(must overload DB abstraction class) |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license |
 None |
| Anti-Spam | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Akismet Support |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Word Blacklist |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
IP Ban List |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
CAPTCHA |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins |
several specialized antispam plugins |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution |
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
ACL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Audit Log |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
LDAP Authentication |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Optional |
 No |
Other Authentication |
|
OpenID plugin |
Pluggable |
 None |
| Support | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Commercial Support |
 Yes |
|
 Yes |
 Yes |
Online Help |
www.geeklog.net |
manual.b2evolution.net |
www.sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
Issue Tracker |
project.geeklog.net |
|
bugs.movabletype.org |
trac.wordpress.org |
Books |
1 |
|
2-5 |
5+ |
Support Forum |
www.geeklog.net |
forums.b2evolution.net |
forums.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
Mailing List |
www.geeklog.net |
|
mtos-dev@sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
IRC-Channel |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
#movabletype @ freenode.net |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Categorization |
Single |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Tags |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Archiving |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Pingback |
Send+Receive |
|
Receive |
Send+Receive |
Ping Service Support |
|
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Link- / Blogroll |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Protected Posts |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Blog by Email |
|
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
|
 No |
|
Blog API |
|
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
XML-RPC and Atom |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Multi-paged posts |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Spell Checker |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Yes |
WYSIWYG Editor |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Undo |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Syntax Highlighting |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
File Upload |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Asset Management |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Emoticon Images |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
| Comment Features | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Comment Layout |
Threaded |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Feeds for Comments |
 No |
 Yes |
 Optional |
 Yes |
E-Mail on Followup |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Gravatars |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Open-ID Support |
Client + Server |
Client |
Client + Server |
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| Extended Features | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Plugin System |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Photo Gallery |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Polls / Surveys |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Search Engine |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Custom Pages |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Google Sitemap |
|
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
| Workflow | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Content Approval |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Versioning |
 No |
|
 Yes |
 No |
Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
Comment Moderation Queue |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Interoperability | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Content Import |
|
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR |
from 22 other blog systems |
Content Export |
|
|
 Yes |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
Unicode Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
WebDAV Support |
|
|
 No |
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HTML Output |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
Friendly URLs |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Administration | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
E-Mail Notifications |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Themes / Skins |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Trash |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Web Statistics |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Web-based Style / Template Management |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Comment Administration |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Syndication | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
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 |
|
 Yes |
 No |
ATOM 1.0 |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Geeklog  | b2evolution  | Movable Type  | Wordpress  |
Podcast Feeds |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
ID3-Tag Editor |
|
|
 Yes |
 No |
YouTube Support |
|
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Media Converter |
|
|
 No |
 No |
Phone2Podcast Support |
|
|
 No |
 No |
| Last updated | 2013-01-20 | 2008-01-28 | 2008-10-11 | 2007-03-01 |
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