Pebble vs. Movable Type vs. PSG vs. Geeklog

General Features Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Version
2.5.1
4.21
1.12.0
1.8.2
Release Date
29/11/2010
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-08-22 (17 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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Simon Brown
Six Apart
The PSG Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Free
none
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
Optional
System Requirements Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Programming Language
Java
Perl 5
PHP
php
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
Platform Independant
Any
any
Webserver
Any Java Application Server
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
no
Anti-Spam Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Moderation, link condom
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Other Authentication
Pluggable
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
2-5
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Workflow Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Content Approval
No
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Content Import
atom/rss
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
atom/rss
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Pebble Movable Type PSG Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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