Loudblog vs. Pivot vs. PSG vs. WikyBlog

General Features Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Version
0.6
1.40.6
1.12.0
1.5.4
Release Date
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2006-08-22 (18 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
Gerrit van Aaken
Pivot Team
The PSG 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
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP
PHP
Operating System
all
Any
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Any
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
MySQL
Datastorage Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Akismet Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Yes
No
No
Blog API
none
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
None
Extended Features Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Unknown
No
No
Search Engine
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
No
No
Workflow Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Content Import
none
Content Export
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Loudblog Pivot PSG WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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