General Features | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version |
1.0
|
4.21
|
1.40.6
|
2.5.1
|
1.12.0
|
1.1
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Release Date |
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
|
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
|
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
|
29/11/2010
|
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
|
2006-12-27 (17 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)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
Jacob Roeland
|
Six Apart
|
Pivot Team
|
Simon Brown
|
The PSG Team
|
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
|
URL | ||||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
GNU GPL v3
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
$0
|
Free
|
0
|
Free
|
0
|
Development status |
Beta
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
System Requirements | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl 5
|
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
|
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Operating System |
Tested in Windows and Linux
|
Platform Independant
|
Any
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
|
Any
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Webserver |
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
|
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
|
Any Java Application Server
|
Any
|
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
None
|
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
|
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Datastorage | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
XML-based flat file storage
|
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
|
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Anti-Spam | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Akismet Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
Moderation, link condom
|
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
|
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User Access Features | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Other Authentication |
Pluggable
|
You can write your own auth plugin
|
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Support | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
|
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
|
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
|
|
Issue Tracker |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
|
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
|
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
|
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
|
Books |
None
|
2-5
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||||
Mailing List | ||||||
IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
None
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
Receive
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Blog API |
XML-RPC and Atom
|
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
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Post Editing | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Comment Features | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Comment Layout |
None
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
Client
|
None
|
None
|
Extended Features | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Content Import |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
atom/rss
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
|||
Content Export |
Yes
|
atom/rss
|
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
|||
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.1
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
E-Mail Notifications |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Ignition | Movable Type | Pivot | Pebble | PSG | Serendipity |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
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