NucleusCMS vs. DotClear vs. Wordpress vs. Geeklog vs. PSG

General Features NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Version
3.24
2.1.3
2.0.7
1.8.2
1.12.0
Release Date
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-08-22 (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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Wouter Demuynck and others
Olivier Meunier
WordPress Development Team
Geeklog Team
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
none
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
System Requirements NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Programming Language
PHP
PHP 5
PHP
php
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Unix/Linux, Windows
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Any
Webserver
Apache with PHP
Apache, Lighthttpd
Anything with PHP
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Text Files
No
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
None
no
Anti-Spam NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
SpamBayes, MBL
Trackback validation
various other plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
None
You can write your own auth plugin
Support NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
1
1
5+
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Categorization
Single
Single
Multiple
Single
None
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Blog by Email
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Comment Features NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Workflow NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Content Approval
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Content Import
yes
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
backup to SQL
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting NucleusCMS DotClear Wordpress Geeklog PSG
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
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