Geeklog vs. b2evolution vs. Textpattern vs. Ignition

General Features Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Version
1.8.2
2.4
4.0.7
1.0
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2013-09-16 (10 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
Geeklog Team
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Team Textpattern
Jacob Roeland
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
GNU GPL v3
License Cost/ Fee
none
0 - Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
System Requirements Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP 4.3+
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows or other
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Tested in Windows and Linux
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
no
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
several specialized antispam plugins
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
User Access Features Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Support Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://textpattern.com/
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
Books
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
MovableType, metaWeblog
Post Editing Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
None
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Workflow Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syndication Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog b2evolution Textpattern Ignition
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
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