DotClear vs. LifeType vs. Movable Type vs. typo

General Features DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Version
2.1.3
1.2.6
4.21
4.1.1
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 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
The LifeType Project
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$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
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Programming Language
PHP 5
PHP
Perl 5
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Platform Independant
All
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
Ruby
Datastorage DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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
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 LifeType Movable Type typo
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
No
Optional
No
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 LifeType Movable Type typo
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
1
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
XML-RPC and Atom
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Content Approval
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
Yes
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear LifeType Movable Type 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
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear LifeType Movable Type typo
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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