Geeklog vs. dasBlog vs. DotClear vs. FlatPress

General Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Version
1.8.2
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
0.1010
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2009-01-24 (17 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Olivier Meunier
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
BSD License
GPL v2
GPLv2
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
System Requirements Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Programming Language
php
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
PHP4, compatible with 5
Operating System
any
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independent
Webserver
any
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, works on IIS
Root Access
No
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 FlatPress
Text Files
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
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
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Books
1
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Comment Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Workflow Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Content Import
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog dasBlog DotClear FlatPress
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
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