Geeklog vs. b2evolution vs. ExpressionEngine

General Features Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Version
1.8.2
2.4
1.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Geeklog Team
Francois Planque / evoTeam
EllisLab, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
License
GNU version 2
GPL
Proprietary
License Cost/ Fee
none
0 - Free
From 0$ - 249.95$
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows or other
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS or other
IIS, Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
(must overload DB abstraction class)
No
Anti-Spam Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
several specialized antispam plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
User Access Features Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
No
Support Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
Books
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Undo
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
None
Extended Features Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Workflow Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog b2evolution ExpressionEngine
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
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