Textpattern vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. LifeType

General Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Version
4.0.7
2.4
4.21
1.2.6
Release Date
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
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
Six Apart
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 - Free
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
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
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
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 Movable Type LifeType
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
1
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Yes
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
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type LifeType
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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