Geeklog vs. PSG vs. LifeType

General Features Geeklog PSG LifeType
Version
1.8.2
1.12.0
1.2.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2008-02-01 (18 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
The PSG Team
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
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 PSG LifeType
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
any
Any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
any
Any
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage Geeklog PSG LifeType
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Anti-Spam Geeklog PSG LifeType
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Moderation, link condom
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features Geeklog PSG LifeType
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
You can write your own auth plugin
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Support Geeklog PSG LifeType
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog PSG LifeType
Categorization
Single
None
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
No
Plugin
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Geeklog PSG LifeType
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Geeklog PSG LifeType
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Client
Extended Features Geeklog PSG LifeType
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog PSG LifeType
Content Approval
Yes
No
Plugin
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog PSG LifeType
Content Import
Content Export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog PSG LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog PSG LifeType
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
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog PSG LifeType
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
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