Geeklog vs. Movable Type vs. Serendipity vs. WikyBlog

General Features Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Version
1.8.2
4.21
1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2006-12-27 (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
Six Apart
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
GPL
BSD
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 Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Programming Language
php
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
any
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
any
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
MySQL
Datastorage Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
No
No
Other
no
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
1
2-5
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Versioning
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
Yes
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Movable Type Serendipity WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
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