Geeklog vs. b2evolution vs. Wordpress vs. blogSpirit

General Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Version
1.8.2
2.4
2.0.7
5.0
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-02 (19 years ago)
2007-01-15 (19 years ago)
2007
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
Francois Planque / evoTeam
WordPress Development Team
blogSpirit
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
From $0 to Enterprise
License Cost/ Fee
none
0 - Free
0
From $0 to Enterprise
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Hosting Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
System Requirements Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows or other
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS or other
Anything with PHP
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
(must overload DB abstraction class)
None
None
Anti-Spam Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
several specialized antispam plugins
various other plugins
Antispam spirit
User Access Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
None
DNA SSO
Support Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://trac.wordpress.org/
DNA/ys
Books
1
5+
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
metaWeblog, MovableType
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
None
Extended Features Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Workflow Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
from 22 other blog systems
Movable Type, blogSpirit
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
blogSpirit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
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 Wordpress blogSpirit
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog b2evolution Wordpress blogSpirit
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
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