Geeklog vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type

General Features Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Version
1.8.2
0.6
4.21
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-09 (19 years ago)
2008-08-21 (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
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Programming Language
php
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
any
all
Platform Independant
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
Yes
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Akismet Support
No
No
Plugin
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
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
ACL
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
1
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
No
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Comment Features Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Content Import
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
via RSS
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Yes
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
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
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Loudblog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
Yes
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
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