dasBlog vs. LifeType vs. Loudblog vs. typo

General Features dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
1.2.6
0.6
4.1.1
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
The LifeType Project
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
System Requirements dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
all
All
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Ruby
Datastorage dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Definable Questions
User Access Features dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
No
Unknown
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 LifeType Loudblog typo
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Undo
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
None
Extended Features dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Workflow dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Content Approval
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Yes
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog LifeType Loudblog typo
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
No
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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