Geeklog vs. DotClear vs. Serendipity

General Features Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Version
1.8.2
2.1.3
1.1
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2006-12-28 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
Author
Geeklog Team
Olivier Meunier
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL v2
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
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 Serendipity
Programming Language
php
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
any
Apache, Lighthttpd
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
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://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
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 Serendipity
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
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