ExpressionEngine vs. Serendipity vs. Geeklog

General Features ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Version
1.6
1.1
1.8.2
Release Date
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 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)
Author
EllisLab, Inc.
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Proprietary
BSD
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
From 0$ - 249.95$
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Optional
System Requirements ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
php
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
Other
No
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
no
Anti-Spam ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Plugin
Yes
Other Authentication
No
Support ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
No
Unknown
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Undo
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Features ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Extended Features ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Optional
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
MySQL
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting ExpressionEngine Serendipity Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
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