FlatPress vs. Pivot vs. Geeklog vs. DotClear vs. Serendipity

General Features FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Version
0.1010
1.40.6
1.8.2
2.1.3
1.1
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-12-27 (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
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Pivot Team
Geeklog Team
Olivier Meunier
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL v2
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
none
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
php
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
Platform Independent
Any
any
Unix/Linux, Windows
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
any
Apache, Lighthttpd
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Root Access
No
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 Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Trackback validation
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
Support FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
Books
None
None
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
MetaWeblog, Moblog
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Comment Features FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Google Sitemap
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
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
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress Pivot Geeklog DotClear Serendipity
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
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