Battle Blog vs. Blogger vs. dasBlog vs. FlatPress vs. Jlog vs. LifeType vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. NucleusCMS vs. Pivot vs. PSG vs. Serendipity vs. Wheatblog

General Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Version
1.0d
N/A
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.1010
1.0.2
1.2.6
0.6
4.21
3.24
1.40.6
1.12.0
1.1
1.1
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
N/A
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2006-06-29 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Google Inc.
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Jeena Paradies / team
The LifeType Project
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
Wouter Demuynck and others
Pivot Team
The PSG Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Wheat, Josh, Pete
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
BSD License
GPLv2
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Free
0
0
$0
free
Free
Free
0
$0.00
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Hosting Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Storage Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Programming Language
Classic ASP
N/A
asp.net 2.0
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
PHP
PHP, SQL
Operating System
Windows
N/A
Any Windows IIS platform
Platform Independent
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
all
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
Any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
N/A
IIS 4.0+
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache with PHP
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
IIS process account write access to web folder
None
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Text Files
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
N/A
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
N/A
Structured XML data store
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
XML-based flat file storage
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Akismet Support
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
SpamBayes, MBL
Moderation, link condom
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
N/A
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
N/A
Vista CardSpace pending
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
Books
None
None
None
None
None
None
2-5
1
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Categorization
Multiple
None
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
None
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Receive
No
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress (plugin)
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Undo
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Client
None
Client + Server
None
None
None
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Yes
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Workflow Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Content Import
none
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
yes
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
RSS
via RSS
Yes
backup to SQL
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Blogger dasBlog FlatPress Jlog LifeType Loudblog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity Wheatblog
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
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