WikyBlog vs. Movable Type vs. DotClear

General Features WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Version
1.5.4
4.21
2.1.3
Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP 5
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Trackback validation
User Access Features WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Optional
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Extendable authentication API
Support WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
2-5
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Plugin
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comment Features WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Movable Type DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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