Blogger vs. DotClear vs. LifeType vs. WikyBlog vs. Loudblog vs. Geeklog

General Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Version
N/A
2.1.3
1.2.6
1.5.4
0.6
1.8.2
Release Date
N/A
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
Author
Google Inc.
Olivier Meunier
The LifeType Project
Josh Schmidt
Gerrit van Aaken
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
none
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Hosting Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Programming Language
N/A
PHP 5
PHP
PHP
PHP
php
Operating System
N/A
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
all
any
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, IIS
any
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
MySQL
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Text Files
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
N/A
no
Anti-Spam Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Akismet Support
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
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
Definable Questions
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Yes
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 Loudblog Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
1
None
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
Blogger data API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
Post Editing Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Comment Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Workflow Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Interoperability Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Content Import
none
none
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger DotClear LifeType WikyBlog Loudblog Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
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