b2evolution vs. Battle Blog vs. Geeklog vs. BlogBaker

General Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Version
2.4
1.0d
1.8.2
N/A
Release Date
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
N/A
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
Francois Planque / evoTeam
David Pinero
Geeklog Team
Sparklit
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
none
From $0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
N/A
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Hosting Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1GB - Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
Upload Bandwidth
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Programming Language
PHP
Classic ASP
php
N/A
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
Windows
any
N/A
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
IIS 4.0+
any
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Text Files
No
No
No
N/A
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
N/A
Oracle
No
No
No
N/A
SQLite
No
No
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
N/A
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
N/A
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
MS Access
no
N/A
Anti-Spam b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Akismet Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
N/A
Word Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Tubby Spam Filter
User Access Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
N/A
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
N/A
Support b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Personalized Support
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://support.sparklit.com
Books
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Comment Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Search Engine
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Workflow b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interoperability b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
csv
Content Export
csv
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution Battle Blog Geeklog BlogBaker
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
Unknown
Optional
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
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