Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. ExpressionEngine

General Features Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Version
1.8.2
1.1
1.6
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (20 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
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
EllisLab, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
License
GNU version 2
BSD
Proprietary
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
From 0$ - 249.95$
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 Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Webserver
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
IIS, Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
No
Anti-Spam Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
User Access Features Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
No
Support Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://expressionengine.com/support/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
Books
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog API
MovableType, Blogger
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Undo
No
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Features Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Workflow Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Content Approval
Yes
Optional
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Serendipity ExpressionEngine
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
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