LifeType vs. Loudblog vs. Movable Type vs. Pivot

General Features LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Version
1.2.6
0.6
4.21
1.40.6
Release Date
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (16 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 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)
Author
The LifeType Project
Gerrit van Aaken
Six Apart
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl 5
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
all
Platform Independant
Any
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Definable Questions
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Other Authentication
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Pluggable
Support LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
XML-RPC and Atom
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Open-ID Support
Client
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Content Import
none
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
via RSS
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
Yes
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting LifeType Loudblog Movable Type Pivot
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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