WikyBlog vs. dasBlog vs. Blogger vs. DotClear

General Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Version
1.5.4
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
N/A
2.1.3
Release Date
2007-10-24 (19 years ago)
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
N/A
2008-11-20 (17 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
Josh Schmidt
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
N/A
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
No
Yes
Hosting Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
System Requirements WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Programming Language
PHP
asp.net 2.0
N/A
PHP 5
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any Windows IIS platform
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
IIS 4.0+
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
IIS process account write access to web folder
N/A
Datastorage WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Text Files
No
Yes
N/A
No
MySQL
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
Yes
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
N/A
No
Other
Structured XML data store
N/A
Anti-Spam WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
User Access Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
N/A
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://dasblog.info/
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Comment Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
Content Export
BlogML pending
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog dasBlog Blogger DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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