| General Features | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
0.1010
|
2.1.3
|
| Release Date |
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
|
2009-01-24 (17 years ago)
|
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
Olivier Meunier
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD License
|
GPLv2
|
GPL v2
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
Free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Beta
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Programming Language |
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
PHP 5
|
| Operating System |
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Platform Independent
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
| Webserver |
IIS 4.0+
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
||
| Datastorage | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Structured XML data store
|
||
| Anti-Spam | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Akismet Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Trackback validation
|
||
| User Access Features | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Other Authentication |
Vista CardSpace pending
|
Extendable authentication API
|
|
| Support | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://dasblog.info/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
| Books |
None
|
None
|
1
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
||
| Blogging Features | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
|
| Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blog API |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
| Post Editing | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Comment Features | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Gravatars |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
||
| Extended Features | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Workflow | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Content Import |
BlogML pending
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
|
| Content Export |
BlogML pending
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | dasBlog | FlatPress | DotClear |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
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