b2evolution vs. Battle Blog vs. dasBlog vs. Geeklog

General Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Version
2.4
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
Release Date
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2007-08-13 (16 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
Francois Planque / evoTeam
David Pinero
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD License
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
Free
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Optional
System Requirements b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
php
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
MS Access
Structured XML data store
no
Anti-Spam b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Vista CardSpace pending
Support b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Comment Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
None
Client + Server
Extended Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Workflow b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interoperability b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
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