dasBlog vs. Geeklog vs. Movable Type

General Features dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
4.21
Release Date
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)
Author
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Geeklog Team
Six Apart
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
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Optional
Yes
System Requirements dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
php
Perl 5
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Platform Independant
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
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 Movable Type
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Structured XML data store
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Pluggable
Support dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Commercial Support
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 dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Comment Features dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Content Import
BlogML pending
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Geeklog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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