Geeklog vs. Blogger vs. DotClear vs. Loudblog

General Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Version
1.8.2
N/A
2.1.3
0.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
N/A
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
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)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Geeklog Team
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
N/A
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
No
Hosting Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Storage Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Programming Language
php
N/A
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
any
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
all
Webserver
any
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Text Files
No
N/A
No
No
MySQL
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Yes
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
N/A
No
No
Other
no
N/A
Anti-Spam Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Akismet Support
No
N/A
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
Definable Questions
User Access Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
N/A
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Categorization
Single
None
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
none
Post Editing Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Undo
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Optional
No
Comment Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Workflow Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Content Import
none
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Blogger DotClear Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
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