Blogger vs. DotClear vs. LifeType vs. WikyBlog

General Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Version
N/A
2.1.3
1.2.6
1.5.4
Release Date
N/A
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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
The LifeType Project
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
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
Yes
No
Hosting Features Blogger DotClear LifeType 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 LifeType WikyBlog
Programming Language
N/A
PHP 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
MySQL
Datastorage Blogger DotClear LifeType 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
No
No
Other
N/A
Anti-Spam Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
Plugin
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
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
No
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 LifeType WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Extended Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Content Import
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger DotClear LifeType 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
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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