Geeklog vs. Blogger vs. DotClear vs. Serendipity

General Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Version
1.8.2
N/A
2.1.3
1.1
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
N/A
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2006-12-28 (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
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
N/A
GPL v2
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
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 Serendipity
Programming Language
php
N/A
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
any
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
any
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Text Files
No
N/A
No
No
MySQL
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
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
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Akismet Support
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
N/A
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
1
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Categorization
Single
None
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Optional
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Content Import
none
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Blogger DotClear Serendipity
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
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