Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. typo vs. WikyBlog

General Features Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Version
1.8.2
1.2.6
4.1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 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
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
MIT
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
System Requirements Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Programming Language
php
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
All
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Ruby
MySQL
Datastorage Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
No
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
No
No
Other
no
Anti-Spam Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
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
User Access Features Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
No
No
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
Support Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
1
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog LifeType typo 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
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Plugin
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Workflow Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Content Import
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
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
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
No
remove Geeklog remove LifeType remove typo remove WikyBlog