dasBlog vs. DotClear vs. Movable Type vs. WikyBlog

General Features dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.1.3
4.21
1.5.4
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-08-20 (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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Olivier Meunier
Six Apart
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP 5
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independant
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
MySQL
Datastorage dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
Structured XML data store
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
Optional
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Extendable authentication API
Pluggable
Support dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Undo
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Content Import
BlogML pending
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog DotClear Movable Type WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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