Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. Movable Type vs. WikyBlog

General Features Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Version
1.8.2
1.2.6
4.21
1.5.4
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 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
The LifeType Project
Six Apart
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Programming Language
php
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Platform Independant
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL
Datastorage Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
Optional
No
Other Authentication
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
Pluggable
Support Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
1
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Undo
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog LifeType Movable Type WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
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