LifeType vs. Geeklog vs. Jlog

General Features LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Version
1.2.6
1.8.2
1.0.2
Release Date
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-01-09 (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
The LifeType Project
Geeklog Team
Jeena Paradies / team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
No
System Requirements LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
any
Webserver
Apache, IIS
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
no
Anti-Spam LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
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
User Access Features LifeType Geeklog Jlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
Unknown
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
Support LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
Books
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Plugin
Optional
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Optional
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
No
Workflow LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Interoperability LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Content Import
Content Export
RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration LifeType Geeklog Jlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication LifeType Geeklog Jlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting LifeType Geeklog Jlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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