WikyBlog vs. Geeklog vs. dasBlog vs. DotClear

General Features WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Version
1.5.4
1.8.2
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
Release Date
2007-10-24 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
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
Geeklog Team
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
BSD License
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
System Requirements WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Programming Language
PHP
php
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
any
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Akismet Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Extendable authentication API
Support WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Comment Features WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Content Import
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Geeklog dasBlog DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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