LifeType vs. Geeklog vs. Blogger vs. PSG

General Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Version
1.2.6
1.8.2
N/A
1.12.0
Release Date
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
N/A
2006-08-23 (20 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
The LifeType Project
Geeklog Team
Google Inc.
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
N/A
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Hosting Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Programming Language
PHP
php
N/A
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
any
N/A
Any
Webserver
Apache, IIS
any
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
None
Datastorage LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Text Files
No
No
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
no
N/A
Anti-Spam LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
N/A
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Other Authentication
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
N/A
You can write your own auth plugin
Support LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Categorization
Single
Single
None
None
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger data API
Post Editing LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Comment Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Workflow LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Content Import
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting LifeType Geeklog Blogger PSG
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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