typo vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. dasBlog

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