Geeklog vs. dasBlog vs. DotClear

General Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Version
1.8.2
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
2008-11-20 (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
Geeklog Team
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
BSD License
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Programming Language
php
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
Operating System
any
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
any
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Comment Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Content Import
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
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