Loudblog vs. Geeklog vs. Blogger vs. DotClear

General Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Version
0.6
1.8.2
N/A
2.1.3
Release Date
2006-12-09 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
N/A
2008-11-20 (17 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
Gerrit van Aaken
Geeklog Team
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
N/A
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
No
Yes
Hosting Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
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 Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Programming Language
PHP
php
N/A
PHP 5
Operating System
all
any
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, IIS
any
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
N/A
Datastorage Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Text Files
No
No
N/A
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
Yes
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
no
N/A
Anti-Spam Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Akismet Support
No
No
N/A
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
User Access Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
N/A
Optional
Other Authentication
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Single
None
Single
Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog API
none
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Optional
Comment Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
No
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Workflow Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Content Import
none
none
Content Export
via RSS
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Loudblog Geeklog Blogger DotClear
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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