Blogger vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. WikyBlog

General Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Version
N/A
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.5.4
Release Date
N/A
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-10-23 (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
Josh Schmidt
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
No
Hosting Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
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 WikyBlog
Programming Language
N/A
PHP 5
php
PHP
Operating System
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL
Datastorage Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
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 WikyBlog
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
No
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
Yes
No
Other Authentication
N/A
Extendable authentication API
Support Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
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://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
No
Yes
Comment Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
No
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Workflow Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Content Import
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger DotClear Geeklog WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
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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