Textpattern vs. Geeklog vs. Serendipity

General Features Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Version
4.0.7
1.8.2
1.1
Release Date
2008-11-29 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-28 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
Author
Team Textpattern
Geeklog Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
php
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Authentication
Support Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Comment Features Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern Geeklog Serendipity
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
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