dasBlog vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. WikyBlog

General Features dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.8.2
1.2.6
1.5.4
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (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
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
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
Optional
Yes
No
System Requirements dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL
Datastorage dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
no
Anti-Spam dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
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 dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
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 dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Undo
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client
None
Extended Features dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Workflow dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interoperability dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Content Import
BlogML pending
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Geeklog LifeType WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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