dasBlog vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. PSG

General Features dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.6
4.21
1.12.0
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2006-08-22 (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)
Author
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
all
Platform Independant
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
None
Datastorage dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
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 Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
None
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
None
Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
none
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Patch
No
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Workflow dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Yes
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
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
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Loudblog Movable Type PSG
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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