General Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
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Version |
2.4
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2.1.3
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1.8.2
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1.1
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Release Date |
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
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2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
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30 Dez 2012
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2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Francois Planque / evoTeam
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Olivier Meunier
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Geeklog Team
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Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
GPL
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GPL v2
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GNU version 2
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BSD
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License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free
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0
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none
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0
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
0
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0
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0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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Yes
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System Requirements | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Programming Language |
PHP
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PHP 5
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php
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PHP
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Operating System |
Linux, Windows or other
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Unix/Linux, Windows
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any
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
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Webserver |
Apache, IIS or other
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Apache, Lighthttpd
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any
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Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
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Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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No
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Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
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Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
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Datastorage | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Text Files |
No
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No
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No
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No
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MySQL |
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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PostgreSQL |
No
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Yes
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No
|
Yes
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Oracle |
No
|
No
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No
|
No
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SQLite |
No
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Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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BerkeleyDB |
No
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No
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No
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No
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MS SQL Server |
No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class)
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no
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New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
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Anti-Spam | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
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No
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
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Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
several specialized antispam plugins
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Trackback validation
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BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
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URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
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User Access Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
ACL |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Audit Log |
Yes
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No
|
No
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No
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LDAP Authentication |
Plugin
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Optional
|
Yes
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Plugin
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Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin
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Extendable authentication API
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Support | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Commercial Support |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Online Help |
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
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http://dotclear.org/documentation/
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http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
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http://www.s9y.org/33.html
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Issue Tracker |
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
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http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
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Books |
1
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1
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None
|
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Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
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#dotclear on freenode
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#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
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Blogging Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
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Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Trackback |
Send+Receive
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Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
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Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
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Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
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Post Editing | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
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Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
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Comment Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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Open-ID Support |
Client
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
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Extended Features | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Google Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
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Workflow | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Optional
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
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No
|
Yes
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Interoperability | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
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Content Export |
Dump to RSS, Database export
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
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HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
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Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Administration | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | b2evolution | DotClear | Geeklog | Serendipity |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
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