DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. Serendipity

General Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Version
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.2.6
1.1
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-27 (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
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GNU version 2
GPL
BSD
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 Serendipity
Programming Language
PHP 5
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Apache, IIS
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
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
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
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
Support DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
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://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
1
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Categorization
Single
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
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
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
None
Extended Features DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
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 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Geeklog LifeType Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
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 Serendipity
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 Serendipity
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
Plugin
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