FlatPress vs. WikyBlog vs. DotClear vs. LifeType vs. Loudblog vs. Wordpress

General Features FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Version
0.1010
1.5.4
2.1.3
1.2.6
0.6
2.0.7
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2007-01-14 (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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Josh Schmidt
Olivier Meunier
The LifeType Project
Gerrit van Aaken
WordPress Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
System Requirements FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP 5
PHP
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Platform Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
all
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS
Anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other
None
Anti-Spam FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Trackback validation
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Definable Questions
various other plugins
User Access Features FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
None
Support FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://trac.wordpress.org/
Books
None
None
1
None
None
5+
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Undo
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Comment Features FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Extended Features FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Workflow FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Content Approval
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
none
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
via RSS
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress WikyBlog DotClear LifeType Loudblog Wordpress
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
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