FlatPress vs. Geeklog vs. DotClear vs. b2evolution

General Features FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Version
0.1010
1.8.2
2.1.3
2.4
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (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)
Author
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Geeklog Team
Olivier Meunier
Francois Planque / evoTeam
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GNU version 2
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
0
0 - Free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
php
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
Platform Independent
any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
any
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS or other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
OpenID plugin
Support FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Comment Features FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Workflow FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress Geeklog DotClear b2evolution
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
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