Geeklog vs. DotClear vs. Pivot

General Features Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Version
1.8.2
2.1.3
1.40.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2008-07-14 (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
Olivier Meunier
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Programming Language
php
PHP 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Any
Webserver
any
Apache, Lighthttpd
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Akismet Support
No
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features Geeklog DotClear Pivot
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Optional
No
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Unknown
Comment Features Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Unknown
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Content Import
Content Export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog DotClear Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog DotClear Pivot
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog DotClear Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
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