| General Features | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.24
|
1.2.2
|
1.8.2
|
4.0.7
|
| Release Date |
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
|
13/02/2007
|
30 Dez 2012
|
2008-11-28 (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 |
Wouter Demuynck and others
|
Patrick Robin
|
Geeklog Team
|
Team Textpattern
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GNU version 2
|
GPL
|
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
free
|
none
|
0
|
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| System Requirements | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
ASP 3.0
|
php
|
PHP 4.3+
|
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, UNIX
|
Windows
|
any
|
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
| Webserver |
Apache with PHP
|
IIS 5+
|
any
|
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
|
MySQL 3.23+
|
||
| Datastorage | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| 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 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
Access
|
no
|
||
| Anti-Spam | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
SpamBayes, MBL
|
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
|
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
|
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
| User Access Features | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other Authentication | ||||
| Support | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
|
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
|
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
|
http://textpattern.com/
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
|
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
|
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
|
| Books |
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Support Forum | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| IRC-Channel |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
|
#textpattern on freenode
|
||
| Blogging Features | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Pingback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blog API |
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
|
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
||
| Post Editing | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
| Extended Features | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Workflow | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Content Approval |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
none
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Content Import |
yes
|
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
||
| Content Export |
backup to SQL
|
Unlimited, template-based
|
||
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | NucleusCMS | Forest Blog | Geeklog | Textpattern |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
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