Battle Blog vs. dasBlog vs. Geeklog vs. Movable Type

General Features Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Version
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
4.21
Release Date
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
2007-08-14 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Geeklog Team
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Programming Language
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
php
Perl 5
Operating System
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Platform Independant
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
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 Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Text Files
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
MS Access
Structured XML data store
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Akismet Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Pluggable
Support Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
1
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Comment Features Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Content Import
BlogML pending
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
Yes
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
Yes
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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