Blogger vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType

General Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Version
N/A
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.2.6
Release Date
N/A
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (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
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL v2
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Hosting Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Programming Language
N/A
PHP 5
php
PHP
Operating System
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Apache, IIS
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Text Files
N/A
No
No
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
No
Yes
No
Other
N/A
no
Anti-Spam Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
Yes
No
Other Authentication
N/A
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
Support Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
None
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Comment Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Content Import
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger DotClear Geeklog LifeType
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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