dasBlog vs. Geeklog vs. Loudblog

General Features dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
0.6
Release Date
2007-08-14 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-09 (19 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
Geeklog Team
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Optional
No
System Requirements dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
php
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
any
all
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, IIS
Root Access
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 Geeklog Loudblog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
Structured XML data store
no
Anti-Spam dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Akismet Support
Yes
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
No
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Unknown
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
none
Post Editing dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Comment Features dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
No
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
No
Workflow dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Interoperability dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Yes
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Administration dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Geeklog Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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