Battle Blog vs. Jlog vs. Movable Type vs. NucleusCMS vs. Pivot vs. PSG vs. Serendipity vs. typo

General Features Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Version
1.0d
1.0.2
4.21
3.24
1.40.6
1.12.0
1.1
4.1.1
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2007-01-08 (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)
2007-05-07 (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)
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
David Pinero
Jeena Paradies / team
Six Apart
Wouter Demuynck and others
Pivot Team
The PSG Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
$0
free
Free
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Windows
Platform Independant
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
Any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
All
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
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, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
None
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Ruby
Datastorage Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
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 Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
SpamBayes, MBL
Moderation, link condom
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
ACL
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
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://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
2-5
1
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
None
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Receive
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
MovableType, Blogger
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
None
None
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Workflow Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
yes
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
RSS
Yes
backup to SQL
Dump to RSS, Database export
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Jlog Movable Type NucleusCMS Pivot PSG Serendipity typo
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
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