Movable Type vs. DotClear vs. Geeklog

General Features Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Version
4.21
2.1.3
1.8.2
Release Date
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Six Apart
Olivier Meunier
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Optional
System Requirements Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Programming Language
Perl 5
PHP 5
php
Operating System
Platform Independant
Unix/Linux, Windows
any
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, Lighthttpd
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
no
Anti-Spam Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Trackback validation
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Optional
Yes
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Extendable authentication API
Support Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
2-5
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
Comment Features Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type DotClear Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
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