Textpattern vs. b2evolution vs. Movable Type vs. Wordpress

General Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Version
4.0.7
2.4
4.21
2.0.7
Release Date
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 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
WordPress Development Team
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
No
System Requirements Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
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
None
Anti-Spam Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
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
various other plugins
User Access Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
None
Support Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
Books
1
2-5
5+
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
Extended Features Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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 Wordpress
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Yes
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
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
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern b2evolution Movable Type Wordpress
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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