General Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version |
N/A
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2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
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2.1.3
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1.2.6
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4.21
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1.1
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4.1.1
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1.5.4
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Release Date |
N/A
|
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
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2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
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2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
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2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
|
2007-05-07 (17 years ago)
|
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
|
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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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 |
Google Inc.
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Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
Olivier Meunier
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The LifeType Project
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Six Apart
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Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
|
Josh Schmidt
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URL | ||||||||
Free and Open Source |
N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
N/A
|
BSD License
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GPL v2
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GPL
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GPL
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BSD
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MIT
|
GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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Free
|
0
|
0
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$0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
German, English, French, Romanian |
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Hosting Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Storage Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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Topic Restrictions |
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Programming Language |
N/A
|
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP 5
|
PHP
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Perl 5
|
PHP
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Ruby on Rails
|
PHP
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Operating System |
N/A
|
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Platform Independant
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
All
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Webserver |
N/A
|
IIS 4.0+
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
|
Apache, anything with PHP
|
Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
N/A
|
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
|
Ruby
|
MySQL
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Datastorage | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Text Files |
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
N/A
|
Structured XML data store
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
|
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Anti-Spam | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Akismet Support |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Word Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
Trackback validation
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BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
|
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User Access Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
LDAP Authentication |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
N/A
|
Vista CardSpace pending
|
Extendable authentication API
|
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
|
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Support | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://dasblog.info/
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http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
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http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
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http://www.wikyblog.com/help
|
Issue Tracker |
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
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http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
|
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
1
|
None
|
2-5
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||||||
Mailing List | ||||||||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Categorization |
None
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
|
Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
No
|
Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Blog API |
Blogger data API
|
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
|
|
Post Editing | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
Undo |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Workflow | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Interoperability | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Content Import |
none
|
BlogML pending
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
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
|
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Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
BlogML pending
|
Yes
|
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
RSS, Atom
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
E-Mail Notifications |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Blogger | dasBlog | DotClear | LifeType | Movable Type | Serendipity | typo | WikyBlog |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
remove Blogger | remove dasBlog | remove DotClear | remove LifeType | remove Movable Type | remove Serendipity | remove typo | remove WikyBlog |