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

General Features Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Version
1.0
2.0.7
1.1
0.1010
1.8.2
2.5.1
Release Date
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Jacob Roeland
WordPress Development Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Geeklog Team
Simon Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU GPL v3
GPL
BSD
GPLv2
GNU version 2
BSD
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Free
none
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
php
Java
Operating System
Tested in Windows and Linux
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Platform Independent
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
Webserver
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Anything with PHP
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, works on IIS
any
Any Java Application Server
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
None
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
no
Anti-Spam Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Other Authentication
None
Support Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
Issue Tracker
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
Books
None
5+
None
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
MovableType, Blogger
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Comment Layout
None
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Content Approval
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
atom/rss
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Dump to RSS, Database export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
atom/rss
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Ignition Wordpress Serendipity FlatPress Geeklog Pebble
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
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