Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. Ignition vs. Wordpress vs. Pebble

General Features Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Version
1.8.2
1.1
1.0
2.0.7
2.5.1
Release Date
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
29/11/2010
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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Geeklog Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Jacob Roeland
WordPress Development Team
Simon Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU version 2
BSD
GNU GPL v3
GPL
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
No
No
Yes
System Requirements Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Programming Language
php
PHP
PHP
PHP
Java
Operating System
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Tested in Windows and Linux
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
Webserver
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Anything with PHP
Any Java Application Server
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
None
Anti-Spam Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Akismet Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
various other plugins
User Access Features Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
None
Support Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
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
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
Books
1
None
None
5+
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
MovableType, Blogger
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
Optional
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Features Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
None
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Client
Extended Features Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Content Approval
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
from 22 other blog systems
atom/rss
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
atom/rss
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Syndication Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Geeklog Serendipity Ignition Wordpress Pebble
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
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