DotClear vs. Movable Type vs. Serendipity vs. WikyBlog

General Features DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Version
2.1.3
4.21
1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 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
Six Apart
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
BSD
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
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
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Programming Language
PHP 5
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
MySQL
Datastorage DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Pluggable
Support DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
1
2-5
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
No
No
No
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
XML-RPC and Atom
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comment Features DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Versioning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Yes
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
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 Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Plugin
No
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