Blogger vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. typo

General Features Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Version
N/A
1.8.2
1.2.6
4.1.1
Release Date
N/A
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 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.
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GNU version 2
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
No
Hosting Features Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
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 Geeklog LifeType typo
Programming Language
N/A
php
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
N/A
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
All
Webserver
N/A
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Ruby
Datastorage Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Text Files
N/A
No
No
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
No
Yes
Oracle
N/A
No
No
Yes
SQLite
N/A
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
N/A
Yes
No
No
Other
N/A
no
Anti-Spam Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Akismet Support
N/A
No
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
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 Geeklog LifeType typo
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Yes
No
No
Other Authentication
N/A
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 Geeklog LifeType typo
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://help.blogger.com/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Categorization
None
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
Blogger data API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Comment Features Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Plugin
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client
None
Extended Features Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Workflow Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Content Approval
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Content Import
none
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
HTML via FTP/SFTP
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
E-Mail Notifications
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Blogger Geeklog LifeType typo
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
remove Blogger remove Geeklog remove LifeType remove typo