dasBlog vs. Geeklog vs. DotClear vs. PSG

General Features dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
2.1.3
1.12.0
Release Date
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2006-08-23 (20 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Geeklog Team
Olivier Meunier
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GNU version 2
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
php
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, Lighthttpd
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
None
Datastorage dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
no
Anti-Spam dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Extendable authentication API
You can write your own auth plugin
Support dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
None
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Comment Features dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Workflow dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Content Import
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Geeklog DotClear PSG
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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