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Feature Comparison
| General Features | b2evolution  | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
2.4 |
does not apply | 2.1.3 |
1.5.1 |
4.21 |
1.1 |
4.0.7 |
2.0.7 |
| Release Date |
02-dec-2006 |
does not apply | 2008-11-20 |
22 Sep 2008 |
2008-08-21 |
2006-12-28 |
2008-11-29 |
2007-01-15 |
| Author |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Google Inc. |
Olivier Meunier |
Geeklog Team |
Six Apart |
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al |
Team Textpattern |
WordPress Development Team |
| URL |
b2evolution.net |
www.blogger.com |
dotclear.org |
www.geeklog.net |
www.movabletype.org |
www.s9y.org |
textpattern.com |
wordpress.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
does not apply | GPL v2 |
GNU version 2 |
GPL |
BSD |
GPL |
GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free |
0 |
0 |
 none |
$0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
9 |
6 |
 31 |
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch |
English, German, Danish, French and many more |
40+ |
46 |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Hosting Features | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | None |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Own Domain |
does not apply | No |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | Yes |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply | does not apply |
| System Requirements | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
does not apply | PHP 5 |
php |
Perl 5 |
PHP |
PHP 4.3+ |
PHP |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows or other |
does not apply | Unix/Linux, Windows |
any |
Platform Independant |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS or other |
does not apply | Apache, Lighthttpd |
any |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver |
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS) |
Apache, IIS, lighttp |
Anything with PHP |
| Root Access |
|
does not apply | No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
|
does not apply | |
4.1.0 or higher, MySQL 3.23.2 or higher |
|
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite) |
MySQL 3.23+ |
|
| Datastorage | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Text Files |
No |
does not apply | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
does not apply | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
does not apply | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
does not apply | No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class) |
does not apply | |
no |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license |
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL |
|
None |
| Anti-Spam | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Akismet Support |
 Plugin |
does not apply | Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| IP Ban List |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
several specialized antispam plugins |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
Trackback validation |
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution |
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks, |
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps |
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| ACL |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
Plugin |
does not apply | Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin |
does not apply | Extendable authentication API |
|
Pluggable |
|
|
None |
| Support | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Commercial Support |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Online Help |
manual.b2evolution.net |
help.blogger.com |
dotclear.org |
www.geeklog.net |
www.sixapart.com |
www.s9y.org |
textpattern.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Issue Tracker |
|
knownissues.blogspot.com |
dev.dotclear.org |
project.geeklog.net |
bugs.movabletype.org |
sourceforge.net |
textpattern.googlecode.com |
trac.wordpress.org |
| Books |
|
None |
1 |
1 |
2-5 |
None |
1 |
5+ |
| Support Forum |
forums.b2evolution.net |
groups.google.com |
dotclear.net |
www.geeklog.net |
forums.movabletype.org |
board.s9y.org |
forum.textpattern.com |
wordpress.org |
| Mailing List |
|
groups.google.com |
|
www.geeklog.net |
mtos-dev@sixapart.com |
lists.sourceforge.net |
lists.textpattern.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
No |
#dotclear on freenode |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net |
#movabletype @ freenode.net |
www.s9y.org |
#textpattern on freenode |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
None |
Single |
Single |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
| Tags |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
|
No |
No |
Send+Receive |
Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
Yes |
Plugin |
|
No |
No |
No |
|
| Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
Blogger data API |
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger |
|
XML-RPC and Atom |
MovableType, Blogger |
MovableType, metaWeblog |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Spell Checker |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Undo |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Comment Features | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Gravatars |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Open-ID Support |
Client |
None |
|
Client + Server |
Client + Server |
None |
None |
|
| Extended Features | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Workflow | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
| Versioning |
|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
none |
|
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR |
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ... |
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2 |
from 22 other blog systems |
| Content Export |
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
|
|
Yes |
Dump to RSS, Database export |
Unlimited, template-based |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
|
No |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Trash |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | b2evolution | Blogger | DotClear | Geeklog | Movable Type | Serendipity | Textpattern | Wordpress |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
|
No |
No |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Media Converter |
|
No |
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
|
No |
No |
|
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
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