dasBlog vs. DotClear vs. FlatPress vs. LifeType vs. PSG vs. typo vs. Wheatblog vs. WikyBlog

General Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
0.1010
1.2.6
1.12.0
4.1.1
1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
2007-05-07 (16 years ago)
2006-06-29 (17 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)
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
The LifeType Project
The PSG Team
Wheat, Josh, Pete
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL v2
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
MIT
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
Free
0
$0.00
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
System Requirements dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP, SQL
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independent
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Any
All
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS
Any
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Apache
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
None
Ruby
MySQL or SQLite
MySQL
Datastorage dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
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
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
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
You can write your own auth plugin
Support dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
None
None
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Single
None
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
WordPress (plugin)
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
Optional
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
No
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Comment Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
None
None
None
Extended Features dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Workflow dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
simple
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Content Import
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
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, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog DotClear FlatPress LifeType PSG typo Wheatblog WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
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