b2evolution vs. Battle Blog vs. FlatPress vs. Geeklog vs. Jlog vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. NucleusCMS vs. PSG

General Features b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Version
2.4
1.0d
0.1010
1.8.2
1.0.2
0.6
4.21
3.24
1.12.0
Release Date
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Francois Planque / evoTeam
David Pinero
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Geeklog Team
Jeena Paradies / team
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
Wouter Demuynck and others
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
GNU version 2
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
Free
none
0
$0
free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Programming Language
PHP
Classic ASP
PHP4, compatible with 5
php
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
Windows
Platform Independent
any
all
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
IIS 4.0+
Apache, works on IIS
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache with PHP
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
MS Access
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Akismet Support
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
SpamBayes, MBL
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
1
None
None
2-5
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
None
Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
WordPress (plugin)
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
Post Editing b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Undo
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
None
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
yes
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
RSS
via RSS
Yes
backup to SQL
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution Battle Blog FlatPress Geeklog Jlog Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS PSG
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Converter
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
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