DotClear vs. Movable Type vs. Battle Blog vs. WikyBlog vs. Geeklog

General Features DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Version
2.1.3
4.21
1.0d
1.5.4
1.8.2
Release Date
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Olivier Meunier
Six Apart
David Pinero
Josh Schmidt
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
System Requirements DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP 5
Perl 5
Classic ASP
PHP
php
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independant
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, anything with PHP
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
MS Access
no
Anti-Spam DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Pluggable
Support DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
1
2-5
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Comment Features DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Client + Server
Extended Features DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Workflow DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Interoperability DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear Movable Type Battle Blog WikyBlog Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
Unknown
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