DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. Movable Type

General Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Version
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.2.6
4.21
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (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
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Programming Language
PHP 5
php
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Platform Independant
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Other Authentication
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
Pluggable
Support DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
1
1
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Categorization
Single
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
Client + Server
Extended Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear Geeklog LifeType Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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