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Feature Comparison
| General Features | NucleusCMS  | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
3.24 |
2.0.7 |
does not apply | 1.2.6 |
| Release Date |
Nov 11, 2006 |
2007-01-15 |
does not apply | Feb-2008 |
| Author |
Wouter Demuynck and others |
WordPress Development Team |
Google Inc. |
The LifeType Project |
| URL |
nucleuscms.org |
wordpress.org |
www.blogger.com |
lifetype.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL |
does not apply | GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
free |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Interface Languages |
 English and others |
46 |
9 |
English, Spanish, Catalan, German, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Dutch, Italian, French |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
 No |
No |
Yes |
| Hosting Features | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | does not apply | No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
does not apply | PHP |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, UNIX |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
does not apply | Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X |
| Webserver |
Apache with PHP |
Anything with PHP |
does not apply | Apache, IIS |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other Requirements |
|
|
does not apply | |
| Datastorage | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Text Files |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
|
None |
does not apply | |
| Anti-Spam | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Akismet Support |
 Plugin |
Yes |
does not apply | Plugin |
| Word Blacklist |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| IP Ban List |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
SpamBayes, MBL |
various other plugins |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form |
| User Access Features | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
No |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other Authentication |
|
None |
does not apply | The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory |
| Support | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Online Help |
faq.nucleuscms.org |
codex.wordpress.org |
help.blogger.com |
wiki.lifetype.net |
| Issue Tracker |
dev.nucleuscms.org |
trac.wordpress.org |
knownissues.blogspot.com |
bugs.lifetype.net |
| Books |
1 |
5+ |
None |
None |
| Support Forum |
forum.nucleuscms.org |
wordpress.org |
groups.google.com |
bugs.lifetype.net |
| Mailing List |
yes |
codex.wordpress.org |
groups.google.com |
limedaley.com |
| IRC-Channel |
none |
codex.wordpress.org |
No |
|
| Blogging Features | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Categorization |
Single |
Multiple |
None |
Single |
| Tags |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
No |
| Ping Service Support |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
 Optional |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| Blog by Email |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Plugin |
|
Yes |
Plugin |
| Blog API |
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
Blogger data API |
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type |
| Post Editing | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Spell Checker |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
No |
No |
|
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| Comment Features | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
| Feeds for Comments |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Gravatars |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
|
None |
Client |
| Extended Features | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| Workflow | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Content Approval |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Versioning |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
simple |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Content Import |
yes |
from 22 other blog systems |
none |
|
| Content Export |
backup to SQL |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
|
No |
No |
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 1.0 |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | NucleusCMS | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2007-03-17 | 2007-03-01 | 2006-12-07 | 2008-02-20 |
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