Wordpress vs. Blogger vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog

General Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Version
2.0.7
N/A
2.1.3
1.8.2
Release Date
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
N/A
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
WordPress Development Team
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
GPL v2
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Optional
Hosting Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Storage Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
PHP 5
php
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Webserver
Anything with PHP
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Text Files
No
N/A
No
No
MySQL
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Yes
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
N/A
No
Yes
Other
None
N/A
no
Anti-Spam Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Akismet Support
Yes
N/A
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
N/A
Optional
Yes
Other Authentication
None
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
5+
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
None
Single
Single
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Optional
No
Comment Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Content Approval
No
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
none
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Wordpress Blogger DotClear Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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