Pebble vs. Wordpress vs. Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. Ignition

General Features Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Version
2.5.1
2.0.7
1.8.2
1.1
1.0
Release Date
29/11/2010
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2013-09-16 (10 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
Simon Brown
WordPress Development Team
Geeklog Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Jacob Roeland
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GNU version 2
BSD
GNU GPL v3
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
System Requirements Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Programming Language
Java
PHP
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Tested in Windows and Linux
Webserver
Any Java Application Server
Anything with PHP
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
Datastorage Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
None
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
Anti-Spam Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Akismet Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
User Access Features Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Authentication
None
Support Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
Issue Tracker
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
Books
None
5+
1
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
MovableType, Blogger
Post Editing Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Features Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
None
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Workflow Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Content Approval
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interoperability Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Content Import
atom/rss
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Content Export
atom/rss
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syndication Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Pebble Wordpress Geeklog Serendipity Ignition
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
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