dasBlog vs. b2evolution vs. Battle Blog vs. Geeklog

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