DotClear vs. PSG vs. Textpattern vs. Geeklog

General Features DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Version
2.1.3
1.12.0
4.0.7
1.8.2
Release Date
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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 PSG Team
Team Textpattern
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
System Requirements DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP 5
PHP
PHP 4.3+
php
Operating System
Unix/Linux, Windows
Any
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
any
Webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
Any
Apache, IIS, lighttp
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
MySQL 3.23+
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
Other
no
Anti-Spam DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
Moderation, link condom
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
You can write your own auth plugin
Support DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://textpattern.com/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
1
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#textpattern on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Categorization
Single
None
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MovableType, metaWeblog
Post Editing DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Optional
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting DotClear PSG Textpattern Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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