Wheatblog vs. Geeklog vs. Pivot vs. Loudblog

General Features Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Version
1.1
1.8.2
1.40.6
0.6
Release Date
2006-06-30 (20 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-07-14 (18 years ago)
2006-12-09 (19 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
Pivot Team
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0.00
none
Free
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
No
System Requirements Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Programming Language
PHP, SQL
php
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
any
Any
all
Webserver
Apache
any
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL or SQLite
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Akismet Support
No
No
No
No
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
Support Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
none
Post Editing Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
No
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
No
File Upload
No
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Unknown
No
Comment Features Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Unknown
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Unknown
No
Gravatars
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Search Engine
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Workflow Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
No
Interoperability Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Content Import
none
Content Export
via RSS
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Wheatblog Geeklog Pivot Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Unknown
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
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