Textpattern vs. b2evolution vs. Blogger vs. LifeType

General Features Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Version
4.0.7
2.4
N/A
1.2.6
Release Date
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
N/A
2008-01-31 (16 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
Team Textpattern
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Google Inc.
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
N/A
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 - Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
Yes
Hosting Features Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
PHP
N/A
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Linux, Windows or other
N/A
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Apache, IIS or other
N/A
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
N/A
Datastorage Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Text Files
No
No
N/A
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
N/A
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
N/A
Anti-Spam Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
N/A
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
several specialized antispam 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 Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
N/A
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
N/A
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 Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger data API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Comment Features Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Client
Extended Features Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Workflow Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
none
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
HTML via FTP/SFTP
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 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
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
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern b2evolution Blogger LifeType
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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