dasBlog vs. DotClear vs. FlatPress vs. Jlog vs. LifeType vs. Movable Type vs. PSG vs. Serendipity vs. typo vs. Wheatblog

General Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
0.1010
1.0.2
1.2.6
4.21
1.12.0
1.1
4.1.1
1.1
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2006-08-22 (18 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 years ago)
2006-06-29 (18 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)
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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Olivier Meunier
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Jeena Paradies / team
The LifeType Project
Six Apart
The PSG Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Wheat, Josh, Pete
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL v2
GPLv2
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
MIT
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
$0
Free
0
0
$0.00
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
System Requirements dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP, SQL
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independent
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Platform Independant
Any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
All
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
None
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Ruby
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Akismet Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Moderation, link condom
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
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
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
Books
None
1
None
None
None
2-5
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
None
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
WordPress (plugin)
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
XML-RPC and Atom
MovableType, Blogger
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Comment Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client
Client + Server
None
None
None
None
Extended Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Workflow dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Content Import
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
RSS
Yes
Dump to RSS, Database export
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog DotClear FlatPress Jlog LifeType Movable Type PSG Serendipity typo Wheatblog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
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