Ignition vs. dasBlog vs. Textpattern

General Features Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Version
1.0
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
4.0.7
Release Date
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Jacob Roeland
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Team Textpattern
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU GPL v3
BSD License
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
No
System Requirements Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Programming Language
PHP
asp.net 2.0
PHP 4.3+
Operating System
Tested in Windows and Linux
Any Windows IIS platform
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Webserver
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
User Access Features Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Online Help
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://dasblog.info/
http://textpattern.com/
Issue Tracker
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
Books
None
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
No
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
MovableType, metaWeblog
Post Editing Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comment Features Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Comment Layout
None
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Optional
Patch
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Yes
Plugin
Workflow Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Content Import
BlogML pending
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
Content Export
BlogML pending
Unlimited, template-based
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
No
Yes
Yes
Syndication Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Ignition dasBlog Textpattern
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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