b2evolution vs. DotClear vs. FlatPress vs. WikyBlog

General Features b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Version
2.4
2.1.3
0.1010
1.5.4
Release Date
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 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)
Author
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Olivier Meunier
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
GPLv2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
No
No
System Requirements b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP 5
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Extendable authentication API
Support b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Open-ID Support
Client
None
Extended Features b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
Workflow b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution DotClear FlatPress WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
remove b2evolution remove DotClear remove FlatPress remove WikyBlog