Pivot vs. Geeklog vs. FlatPress

General Features Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Version
1.40.6
1.8.2
0.1010
Release Date
2008-07-14 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2009-01-24 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Pivot Team
Geeklog Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPLv2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
No
System Requirements Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Programming Language
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
php
PHP4, compatible with 5
Operating System
Any
any
Platform Independent
Webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
any
Apache, works on IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
no
Anti-Spam Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Akismet Support
No
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
Unknown
Other Authentication
Support Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Issue Tracker
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Books
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Unknown
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blog API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Plugin
Comment Features Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Unknown
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Unknown
No
Yes
Gravatars
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Workflow Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
E-Mail Notifications
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Pivot Geeklog FlatPress
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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