Geeklog vs. ExpressionEngine vs. DotClear

General Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Version
1.8.2
1.6
2.1.3
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2004-04-22 (20 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)
Author
Geeklog Team
EllisLab, Inc.
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
Yes
License
GNU version 2
Proprietary
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
none
From 0$ - 249.95$
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP 5
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
any
IIS, Apache
Apache, Lighthttpd
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 ExpressionEngine DotClear
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
No
Anti-Spam Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
Trackback validation
User Access Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
Optional
Other Authentication
No
Extendable authentication API
Support Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog API
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Undo
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Comment Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Content Import
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog ExpressionEngine DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Yes
No
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