General Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
2.1.3
|
0.6
|
5.0
|
Release Date |
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
|
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
|
2007
|
Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
Olivier Meunier
|
Gerrit van Aaken
|
blogSpirit
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
License |
GPL v2
|
GPL
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
Development status |
Mature
|
Beta
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hosting Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Storage Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
does not apply
|
Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
does not apply
|
Other Limits |
N/A
|
N/A
|
does not apply
|
Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
Own Domain |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Ads allowed |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
N/A
|
does not apply
|
System Requirements | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Programming Language |
PHP 5
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Operating System |
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
all
|
Linux
|
Webserver |
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
None
|
||
Datastorage | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
None
|
||
Anti-Spam | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Akismet Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Trackback validation
|
Definable Questions
|
Antispam spirit
|
User Access Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
Extendable authentication API
|
DNA SSO
|
|
Support | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
|
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
DNA/ys
|
|
Books |
1
|
None
|
1
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
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Blogging Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Blog API |
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
none
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Post Editing | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Comment Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Workflow | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Content Import |
none
|
Movable Type, blogSpirit
|
|
Content Export |
via RSS
|
blogSpirit
|
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Administration | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | DotClear | Loudblog | blogSpirit |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
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