Geeklog vs. Loudblog vs. dasBlog

General Features Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Version
1.8.2
0.6
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-09 (19 years ago)
2007-08-14 (19 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
Gerrit van Aaken
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
BSD License
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Optional
System Requirements Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Programming Language
php
PHP
asp.net 2.0
Operating System
any
all
Any Windows IIS platform
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS
IIS 4.0+
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 Loudblog dasBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Akismet Support
No
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://dasblog.info/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Unknown
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
none
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
No
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Patch
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Yes
Workflow Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Content Import
none
BlogML pending
Content Export
via RSS
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Yes
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Loudblog dasBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
No
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
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