LifeType vs. NucleusCMS vs. Pivot vs. WikyBlog

General Features LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Version
1.2.6
3.24
1.40.6
1.5.4
Release Date
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2007-10-23 (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
Wouter Demuynck and others
Pivot Team
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache with PHP
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
SpamBayes, MBL
User Access Features LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
No
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 NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Undo
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Comment Features LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
None
Extended Features LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Workflow LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Content Approval
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Content Import
yes
Content Export
backup to SQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting LifeType NucleusCMS Pivot WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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