Textpattern vs. Wordpress vs. ExpressionEngine vs. Pebble

General Features Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Version
4.0.7
2.0.7
1.6
2.5.1
Release Date
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
29/11/2010
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
Team Textpattern
WordPress Development Team
EllisLab, Inc.
Simon Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Proprietary
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
From 0$ - 249.95$
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
PHP
PHP
Java
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Anything with PHP
IIS, Apache
Any Java Application Server
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
None
No
Anti-Spam Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
various other plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
User Access Features Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
No
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
None
No
Support Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
Books
1
5+
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
metaWeblog, MovableType
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Features Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client
Extended Features Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Workflow Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
from 22 other blog systems
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
atom/rss
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
MySQL
atom/rss
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern Wordpress ExpressionEngine Pebble
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Yes
No
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