DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. Pivot

General Features DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Version
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.40.6
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Yes
System Requirements DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Programming Language
PHP 5
php
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Any
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
no
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Akismet Support
Yes
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features DotClear Geeklog Pivot
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
No
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Unknown
Comment Features DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Unknown
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Workflow DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Content Import
Content Export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Geeklog Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear Geeklog Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear Geeklog Pivot
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media Converter
No
Unknown
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
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