ExpressionEngine vs. b2evolution vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog vs. NucleusCMS

General Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Version
1.6
2.4
2.1.3
1.8.2
3.24
Release Date
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-11-10 (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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
EllisLab, Inc.
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
Wouter Demuynck and others
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
GPL v2
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
0 - Free
0
none
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
System Requirements ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP 5
php
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Apache with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Text Files
No
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
No
(must overload DB abstraction class)
no
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
several specialized antispam plugins
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
SpamBayes, MBL
User Access Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Other Authentication
No
OpenID plugin
Extendable authentication API
Support ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
Books
None
1
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Single
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
Post Editing ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Comment Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
yes
Content Export
MySQL
backup to SQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine b2evolution DotClear Geeklog NucleusCMS
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
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