| General Features | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
4.21
|
1.8.2
|
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
1.1
|
| Release Date |
2008-08-21 (18 years ago)
|
30 Dez 2012
|
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
|
2006-06-30 (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 |
Six Apart
|
Geeklog Team
|
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
Wheat, Josh, Pete
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GNU version 2
|
BSD License
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
none
|
Free
|
$0.00
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
| System Requirements | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Programming Language |
Perl 5
|
php
|
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP, SQL
|
| Operating System |
Platform Independant
|
any
|
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
any
|
IIS 4.0+
|
Apache
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
|
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
MySQL or SQLite
|
|
| Datastorage | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
no
|
Structured XML data store
|
|
| Anti-Spam | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
|
||
| User Access Features | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
Pluggable
|
Vista CardSpace pending
|
||
| Support | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
|
http://dasblog.info/
|
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
|
| Books |
2-5
|
1
|
None
|
None
|
| Support Forum | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
|
||
| Blogging Features | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Pingback |
Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
XML-RPC and Atom
|
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
||
| Post Editing | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Undo |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Features | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Open-ID Support |
Client + Server
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
None
|
| Extended Features | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Workflow | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Content Import |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
BlogML pending
|
||
| Content Export |
Yes
|
BlogML pending
|
||
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
HTML 4
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Administration | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Movable Type | Geeklog | dasBlog | Wheatblog |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
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