Wheatblog vs. Geeklog vs. dasBlog vs. Pivot

General Features Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Version
1.1
1.8.2
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.40.6
Release Date
2006-06-30 (20 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
2008-07-14 (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
Wheat, Josh, Pete
Geeklog Team
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
BSD License
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0.00
none
Free
Free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Programming Language
PHP, SQL
php
asp.net 2.0
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
any
Any Windows IIS platform
Any
Webserver
Apache
any
IIS 4.0+
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL or SQLite
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Akismet Support
No
No
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
No
No
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Comment Features Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Gravatars
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Search Engine
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Workflow Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Content Import
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Wheatblog Geeklog dasBlog Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
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