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General Features	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Version	2.4	1.0d	does not apply	5.0	does not apply	2.0 (2.0.7226.0)	2.1.3	1.6	0.812.1	1.2.2	1.5.1	1.0.2	1.2.6	0.6	4.21	3.24	1.40.6	1.12.0	3.3	1.1	does not apply	4.1.1	1.1	1.5.4	2.0.7
Release Date	02-dec-2006	11/08/2006	does not apply	2007	does not apply	14 August 2007	2008-11-20	2004-04-23	January 24, 2009	13/02/2007	22 Sep 2008	2007-01-09	Feb-2008	2006-12-09	2008-08-21	Nov 11, 2006	July 14, 2008	August 23rd, 2006	3.3	2006-12-28	does not apply	08 May 2007	6/30/06	Oct 24 2007	2007-01-15
Author	Francois Planque / evoTeam	David Pinero	Google Inc.	blogSpirit	Kirk Carter, Service First Webmasters, Inc.	Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team	Olivier Meunier	EllisLab, Inc.	NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team	Patrick Robin	Geeklog Team	Jeena Paradies / team	The LifeType Project	Gerrit van Aaken	Six Apart	Wouter Demuynck and others	Pivot Team	The PSG Team	eTouch Systems	Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al	Roy Kim		Wheat, Josh, Pete	Josh Schmidt	WordPress Development Team
URL	b2evolution.net	www.battleblog.com	www.blogger.com	www.blogspirit.com	www.CakewalkBlogs.com	dasblog.info	dotclear.org	expressionengine.com	www.flatpress.org	www.hostforest.co.uk	www.geeklog.net	jeenaparadies.net	lifetype.net	loudblog.de	www.movabletype.org	nucleuscms.org	www.pivotlog.net	www.projectsteveguttenberg.org	www.etouch.net	www.s9y.org	www.tabulas.com	typosphere.org	wheatblog.sourceforge.net	www.wikyblog.com	wordpress.org
Free and Open Source	Yes	Yes	does not apply	No	does not apply	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	does not apply	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
License	GPL	GPL	does not apply	From $0 to Enterprise	does not apply	BSD License	GPL v2	Proprietary	GPLv2		GNU version 2	GPL 2	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL	Commercial	BSD	does not apply	MIT	GPL	GPL	GPL
License Cost/ Fee	0 - Free		0	From $0 to Enterprise	Free	Free	0	From 0$ - 249.95$	Free		none		0	0	$0	free	Free	Free	Pls check www.etouch.net	0	Free	0	$0.00	0	0
Development status	Mature	Mature	does not apply	Mature	does not apply	Mature	Mature	Mature	Beta	Mature	Mature	Mature	Mature	Beta	Mature	Mature	Mature	Mature	Mature	Mature	does not apply	Mature	Beta	Mature	Mature
Interface Languages	en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv	English	9	6	English	Over a dozen languages	6	over 15	English, Italian, Deutsch, many other available	English	31	German, English, Italian	English, Spanish, Catalan, German, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Dutch, Italian, French	about 10	English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch	English and others	English, Dutch, 30+ others (downloadable)	English, German, Danish, Spanish, French, Norwegian	English	English, German, Danish, French and many more	English	en, fr, de, ro	XHTML, CSS	Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Turkish	46
Multi-User Support	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Optional	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Multi-Site Deployment	Yes		No	Yes		Optional	Yes	Yes	No	No	Optional	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Optional	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Hosting Features	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Storage Quota	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	none	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	NA	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Bandwidth Quota	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	none	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	NA	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Other Limits	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	none	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	None	does not apply	NA	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Corporate Branding	does not apply	does not apply	No	No	No	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	Yes	does not apply	Yes	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Own Domain	does not apply	does not apply	No	Yes	Yes	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	Optional	does not apply	Yes	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Ads allowed	does not apply	does not apply	Yes	Yes	No	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	No	does not apply	Yes	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
Topic Restrictions	does not apply	does not apply	No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography	does not apply	No spam, porn or hate speech	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	No pornography	does not apply	None	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply	does not apply
System Requirements	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Programming Language	PHP	Classic ASP	does not apply	PHP	does not apply	asp.net 2.0	PHP 5	PHP	PHP4, compatible with 5	ASP 3.0	php	PHP	PHP	PHP	Perl 5	PHP	PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended	PHP	Java	PHP	does not apply	Ruby on Rails	PHP, SQL	PHP	PHP
Operating System	Linux, Windows or other	Windows	does not apply	Linux	does not apply	Any Windows IIS platform	Unix/Linux, Windows	Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris	Platform Independent	Windows	any		Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X	all	Platform Independant	Linux, Windows, UNIX	Any	Any	Windows/Linux/Solaris	Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others	does not apply	All	Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows	UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others	Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver	Apache, IIS or other	IIS 4.0+	does not apply	Apache	does not apply	IIS 4.0+	Apache, Lighthttpd	IIS, Apache	Apache, works on IIS	IIS 5+	any		Apache, IIS	Apache, IIS	Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver	Apache with PHP	Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended	Any	Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice	Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)	does not apply	Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...	Apache	Apache, anything with PHP	Anything with PHP
Root Access			does not apply	No	does not apply	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	does not apply	Yes	No	No	No
Other Requirements			does not apply	None	does not apply	IIS process account write access to web folder		PHP must have XML support			4.1.0 or higher, MySQL 3.23.2 or higher							None	Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4	Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)	does not apply	Ruby	MySQL or SQLite	MySQL
Datastorage	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Text Files	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	Yes	No	No	Yes		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	does not apply		No	No	No
MySQL	Yes		does not apply	Yes	does not apply	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	does not apply	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	No	Yes	No	No		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	does not apply	Yes	No	No	No
Oracle	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	does not apply	Yes	No	No	No
SQLite	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	No	Yes	No	No		No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	does not apply	Yes	Yes	No	No
BerkeleyDB	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	does not apply	Yes	No	No	No
MS SQL Server	No		does not apply	No	does not apply	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	does not apply		No	No	No
Other	(must overload DB abstraction class)	MS Access	does not apply	None	does not apply	Structured XML data store		No		Access	no				LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license		XML-based flat file storage			New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL	does not apply				None
Anti-Spam	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Akismet Support	Plugin		does not apply	No	does not apply	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Plugin		No	Plugin	Plugin	No	Plugin	Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Yes	does not apply	Yes	No	No	Yes
Word Blacklist	Yes		No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin		Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Plugin
IP Ban List	Plugin		No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	Plugin
CAPTCHA	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Plugin		Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	No	Plugin	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms	several specialized antispam plugins		Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only	Antispam spirit	No trackbacks, no links in comments		Trackback validation	Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension		posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser	BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins		BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form	Definable Questions	Numerous plugins provide complete solution	SpamBayes, MBL		Moderation, link condom	Moderated Comments	URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,	Akismet				various other plugins
User Access Features	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
ACL	Yes		No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes		Yes		No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		No		Yes	Yes
Audit Log	Yes		No	No		Yes	No	Yes			No		No		Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No		No	No	Yes	No
LDAP Authentication	Plugin		does not apply	No	does not apply		Optional	No			Yes		No		Optional	No	No	Plugin	Yes	Plugin	does not apply	No	No	No	No
Other Authentication	OpenID plugin		does not apply	DNA SSO	does not apply	Vista CardSpace pending	Extendable authentication API	No					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		Pluggable			You can write your own auth plugin	Single-Sign On		does not apply				None
Support	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Commercial Support		No	No	Yes		No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		No		No	Yes
Online Help	manual.b2evolution.net		help.blogger.com	www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/	Context sensitive, online help	dasblog.info	dotclear.org	expressionengine.com	www.flatpress.org	www.hostforest.co.uk	www.geeklog.net		wiki.lifetype.net	loudblog.de	www.sixapart.com	faq.nucleuscms.org	www.pivotlog.net		Available	www.s9y.org	Yes	trac.typosphere.org	wheatblog.sourceforge.net	www.wikyblog.com	codex.wordpress.org
Issue Tracker			knownissues.blogspot.com	DNA/ys	Not yet	sourceforge.net	dev.dotclear.org	expressionengine.com	www.flatpress.org		project.geeklog.net	jeenaparadies.net	bugs.lifetype.net		bugs.movabletype.org	dev.nucleuscms.org	forum.pivotlog.net	savannah.nongnu.org	support.etouch.net	sourceforge.net	Yes	trac.typosphere.org	sourceforge.net	sourceforge.net	trac.wordpress.org
Books			None	1		None	1	None	None		1	None	None	None	2-5	1	None	None		None	None	None	None	None	5+
Support Forum	forums.b2evolution.net		groups.google.com	No	Not yet	dasblog.us	dotclear.net	expressionengine.com	www.flatpress.org	www.hostforest.co.uk	www.geeklog.net		bugs.lifetype.net	loudblog.de	forums.movabletype.org	forum.nucleuscms.org	forum.pivotlog.net		support.etouch.net	board.s9y.org	Yes		sourceforge.net	sourceforge.net	wordpress.org
Mailing List			groups.google.com	No	No	sourceforge.net		No	sourceforge.net		www.geeklog.net		limedaley.com		mtos-dev@sixapart.com	yes	www.pivotlog.net	lists.projectsteveguttenberg.org	samepage-support@etouch.net	lists.sourceforge.net	No	trac.typosphere.org	sourceforge.net		codex.wordpress.org
IRC-Channel	#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net		No	No	No		#dotclear on freenode	freenode.net, #expressionengine			#geeklog at irc.freenode.net				#movabletype @ freenode.net	none	None		Not available currently	www.s9y.org	No	trac.typosphere.org			codex.wordpress.org
Blogging Features	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Categorization	Multiple	Multiple	None	Multiple	None	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Multiple	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Multiple	Single	Multiple	None	Multiple	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Single		Multiple
Tags	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	No	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin
Archiving	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No		Yes
Trackback	Send+Receive	No	No	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	Send+Receive		No	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	No		Send+Receive
Pingback		No	No	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	No	No		No	Send+Receive	Send+Receive	No	No	Receive	No	No	No	No	Send+Receive	No	Send+Receive	No		Send+Receive
Ping Service Support	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No		Optional	Optional	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Optional	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Link- / Blogroll	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	No	Yes	No	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	No	No	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Protected Posts	Yes		No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Optional	No	Plugin		Plugin	Plugin	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Blog by Email	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes		No		No	Plugin	No	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	No	No	Plugin	No	No	No	No	Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS			Yes	No	No	No	Plugin	Yes		No		No	Plugin	No	No	Plugin	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Blog API	blogger, metweblog, atom, b2		Blogger data API	XML-RPC and Atom	None	metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API	WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger	Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog					Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type	none	XML-RPC and Atom	Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API	MetaWeblog, Moblog		Can be provided on request	MovableType, Blogger	metaweblog api	Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType			metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Multi-paged posts	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		No	Yes		No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		No			Yes
Spell Checker	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Plugin	Yes	Optional	Yes	Plugin	No	No	No	No	Yes
WYSIWYG Editor	Plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Optional	No	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Optional	Yes	Optional	Yes	Optional	No	No	Optional
Undo	No			Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Optional	No		No	Yes	No
Syntax Highlighting	Plugin		No	Yes	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	No	No	No	Plugin	No	Yes	Plugin	No	No	No	Plugin	No	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin
File Upload	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Asset Management	Yes		No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Plugin		Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin
Emoticon Images	Plugin		No	No	No	Yes	Optional	Yes	Plugin	No	No	No	Plugin	No	Plugin	Plugin		Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Comment Features	b2evolution	Battle Blog	Blogger	blogSpirit	Cakewalk Blogs	dasBlog	DotClear	ExpressionEngine	FlatPress	Forest Blog	Geeklog	Jlog	LifeType	Loudblog	Movable Type	NucleusCMS	Pivot	PSG	SamePage	Serendipity	Tabulas.com	typo	Wheatblog	WikyBlog	Wordpress
Comment Layout	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Threaded	Flat	Threaded	Flat	Threaded	Flat	Flat	Flat	Flat	Threaded	Threaded	Flat	Flat	Threaded	Flat
Feeds for Comments	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Optional	Yes	No	No	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Optional	Plugin		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
E-Mail on Followup	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	No	No	Optional	Yes	No	Plugin	Plugin		Yes	Optional	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Plugin
Gravatars	Plugin	No	No	No	No	Yes	Plugin	Plugin	Patch	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Plugin	No	Plugin	Plugin		Yes		Plugin