LifeType vs. Loudblog vs. Pivot vs. typo

General Features LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Version
1.2.6
0.6
1.40.6
4.1.1
Release Date
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (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)
Author
The LifeType Project
Gerrit van Aaken
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
Yes
No
System Requirements LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
all
Any
All
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
Ruby
Datastorage LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
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
User Access Features LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
No
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
Support LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
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
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
none
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Comment Features LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
None
Extended Features LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Search Engine
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Workflow LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Import
none
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
via RSS
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting LifeType Loudblog Pivot typo
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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