DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. typo

General Features DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Version
2.1.3
1.8.2
1.1
4.1.1
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (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
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GNU version 2
BSD
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
System Requirements DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Programming Language
PHP 5
php
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
All
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Ruby
Datastorage DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
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 Serendipity typo
Akismet Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
1
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MovableType, Blogger
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Yes
No
Comment Features DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Workflow DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear Geeklog Serendipity typo
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
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