Loudblog vs. dasBlog vs. Geeklog

General Features Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Version
0.6
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
Release Date
2006-12-09 (19 years ago)
2007-08-14 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Gerrit van Aaken
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
none
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Optional
System Requirements Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
asp.net 2.0
php
Operating System
all
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Webserver
Apache, IIS
IIS 4.0+
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
Other
Structured XML data store
no
Anti-Spam Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Akismet Support
No
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
No
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
none
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Comment Features Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
No
Patch
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Yes
Unknown
Workflow Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Interoperability Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Content Import
none
BlogML pending
Content Export
via RSS
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Yes
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Administration Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Loudblog dasBlog Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
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