PSG vs. ExpressionEngine vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog

General Features PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Version
1.12.0
1.6
2.1.3
1.8.2
Release Date
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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
The PSG Team
EllisLab, Inc.
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Proprietary
GPL v2
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
From 0$ - 249.95$
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
System Requirements PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP 5
php
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Webserver
Any
IIS, Apache
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
PHP must have XML support
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
Other
No
no
Anti-Spam PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderation, link condom
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Other Authentication
You can write your own auth plugin
No
Extendable authentication API
Support PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Categorization
None
Multiple
Single
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Optional
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Comment Features PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting PSG ExpressionEngine DotClear Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
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