FlatPress vs. Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. DotClear

General Features FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Version
0.1010
1.8.2
1.1
2.1.3
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 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
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GNU version 2
BSD
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
none
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
php
PHP
PHP 5
Operating System
Platform Independent
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
Trackback validation
User Access Features FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
MovableType, Blogger
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Comment Features FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
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 FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
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