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Feature Comparison
| General Features | b2evolution  | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
2.4 |
2.1.3 |
1.0.2 |
1.2.6 |
0.6 |
3.24 |
1.12.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.5.4 |
2.0.7 |
| Release Date |
02-dec-2006 |
2008-11-20 |
2007-01-09 |
Feb-2008 |
2006-12-09 |
Nov 11, 2006 |
August 23rd, 2006 |
2006-12-28 |
6/30/06 |
Oct 24 2007 |
2007-01-15 |
| Author |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Olivier Meunier |
Jeena Paradies / team |
The LifeType Project |
Gerrit van Aaken |
Wouter Demuynck and others |
The PSG Team |
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al |
Wheat, Josh, Pete |
Josh Schmidt |
WordPress Development Team |
| URL |
b2evolution.net |
dotclear.org |
jeenaparadies.net |
lifetype.net |
loudblog.de |
nucleuscms.org |
savannah.nongnu.org |
www.s9y.org |
wheatblog.sourceforge.net |
www.wikyblog.com |
wordpress.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL v2 |
GPL 2 |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
BSD |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
free |
Free |
0 |
$0.00 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Beta |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Beta |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
6 |
German, English, Italian |
English, Spanish, Catalan, German, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Dutch, Italian, French |
about 10 |
 English and others |
English, German, Danish, Spanish, French, Norwegian |
English, German, Danish, French and many more |
XHTML, CSS |
Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Turkish |
46 |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
 No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| System Requirements | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP 5 |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP, SQL |
PHP |
PHP |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows or other |
Unix/Linux, Windows |
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X |
all |
Linux, Windows, UNIX |
Any |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS or other |
Apache, Lighthttpd |
|
Apache, IIS |
Apache, IIS |
Apache with PHP |
Any |
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS) |
Apache |
Apache, anything with PHP |
Anything with PHP |
| Root Access |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
None |
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite) |
MySQL or SQLite |
MySQL |
|
| Datastorage | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Text Files |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL |
|
|
None |
| Anti-Spam | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Akismet Support |
 Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| IP Ban List |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
|
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
several specialized antispam plugins |
Trackback validation |
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form |
Definable Questions |
SpamBayes, MBL |
Moderation, link condom |
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks, |
|
|
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
Yes |
No |
|
No |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
Plugin |
 Optional |
|
No |
|
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin |
Extendable authentication API |
|
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 |
|
|
You can write your own auth plugin |
|
|
|
None |
| Support | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Commercial Support |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
| Online Help |
manual.b2evolution.net |
dotclear.org |
|
wiki.lifetype.net |
loudblog.de |
faq.nucleuscms.org |
|
www.s9y.org |
wheatblog.sourceforge.net |
www.wikyblog.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Issue Tracker |
|
dev.dotclear.org |
jeenaparadies.net |
bugs.lifetype.net |
|
dev.nucleuscms.org |
savannah.nongnu.org |
sourceforge.net |
sourceforge.net |
sourceforge.net |
trac.wordpress.org |
| Books |
|
1 |
None |
None |
None |
1 |
None |
None |
None |
None |
5+ |
| Support Forum |
forums.b2evolution.net |
dotclear.net |
|
bugs.lifetype.net |
loudblog.de |
forum.nucleuscms.org |
|
board.s9y.org |
sourceforge.net |
sourceforge.net |
wordpress.org |
| Mailing List |
|
|
|
limedaley.com |
|
yes |
lists.projectsteveguttenberg.org |
lists.sourceforge.net |
sourceforge.net |
|
codex.wordpress.org |
| IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
#dotclear on freenode |
|
|
|
none |
|
www.s9y.org |
|
|
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Single |
Multiple |
Single |
Multiple |
Single |
None |
Multiple |
Single |
|
Multiple |
| Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
|
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
|
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
|
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger |
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type |
none |
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API |
|
MovableType, Blogger |
|
|
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
| Spell Checker |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Optional |
Optional |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Undo |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin |
Optional |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Gravatars |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Open-ID Support |
Client |
|
None |
Client |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
|
| Extended Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Workflow | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
No |
|
No |
| Versioning |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
simple |
simple |
simple |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
| Interoperability | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
|
|
|
none |
yes |
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ... |
|
|
from 22 other blog systems |
| Content Export |
|
|
RSS |
|
via RSS |
backup to SQL |
|
Dump to RSS, Database export |
|
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.1 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
|
No |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
No |
|
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | b2evolution | DotClear | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | NucleusCMS | PSG | Serendipity | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Wordpress |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
No |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Media Converter |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
No |
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