Geeklog vs. Movable Type vs. DotClear vs. b2evolution

General Features Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Version
1.8.2
4.21
2.1.3
2.4
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
2006-12-02 (19 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
Six Apart
Olivier Meunier
Francois Planque / evoTeam
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
$0
0
0 - Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Programming Language
php
Perl 5
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
any
Platform Independant
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Webserver
any
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS or other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
No
No
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Trackback validation
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Extendable authentication API
OpenID plugin
Support Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
2-5
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Comment Features Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Workflow Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Movable Type DotClear b2evolution
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
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