Ignition vs. FlatPress vs. PSG vs. Pivot

General Features Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Version
1.0
0.1010
1.12.0
1.40.6
Release Date
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2006-08-22 (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
Jacob Roeland
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
The PSG Team
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU GPL v3
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
Free
Free
Development status
Beta
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Programming Language
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Tested in Windows and Linux
Platform Independent
Any
Any
Webserver
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Apache, works on IIS
Any
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
Datastorage Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Categorization
Single
Multiple
None
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
No
No
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Comment Layout
None
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Gravatars
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search Engine
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom Pages
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Google Sitemap
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Workflow Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Content Approval
No
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Ignition FlatPress PSG Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
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