PSG vs. Geeklog vs. typo vs. LifeType vs. dasBlog

General Features PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Version
1.12.0
1.8.2
4.1.1
1.2.6
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
Release Date
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-05-08 (19 years ago)
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
2007-08-14 (18 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)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
The PSG Team
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
MIT
GPL
BSD License
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
System Requirements PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Programming Language
PHP
php
Ruby on Rails
PHP
asp.net 2.0
Operating System
Any
any
All
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Any Windows IIS platform
Webserver
Any
any
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Apache, IIS
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other Requirements
None
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Ruby
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderation, link condom
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
You can write your own auth plugin
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
Vista CardSpace pending
Support PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://dasblog.info/
Issue Tracker
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
Books
None
1
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Categorization
None
Single
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Optional
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Client
None
Extended Features PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Workflow PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Content Import
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
BlogML pending
Content Export
RSS, Atom
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting PSG Geeklog typo LifeType dasBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
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