| General Features | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0
|
4.0.7
|
1.6
|
| Release Date |
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
|
2008-11-28 (15 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 |
Jacob Roeland
|
Team Textpattern
|
EllisLab, Inc.
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
GNU GPL v3
|
GPL
|
Proprietary
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
From 0$ - 249.95$
|
| Development status |
Beta
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP 4.3+
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Tested in Windows and Linux
|
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
|
| Webserver |
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
|
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
IIS, Apache
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
MySQL 3.23+
|
PHP must have XML support
|
|
| Datastorage | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
No
|
||
| Anti-Spam | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Akismet Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
|
| User Access Features | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
No
|
||
| Support | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Online Help |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://textpattern.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/support/
|
| Issue Tracker |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
|
| Books |
None
|
1
|
None
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel |
#textpattern on freenode
|
||
| Blogging Features | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blog API |
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
|
| Post Editing | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Undo |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Comment Features | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Comment Layout |
None
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Extended Features | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Workflow | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
|
| Content Export |
Unlimited, template-based
|
MySQL
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| E-Mail Notifications |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Ignition | Textpattern | ExpressionEngine |
| Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| remove Ignition | remove Textpattern | remove ExpressionEngine |