General Features | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
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Version |
2.5.1
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2.0.7
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1.1
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0.1010
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1.40.6
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Release Date |
29/11/2010
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2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
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2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
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2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
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2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Simon Brown
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WordPress Development Team
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Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
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NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
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Pivot Team
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URL | |||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
BSD
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GPL
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BSD
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GPLv2
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GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
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0
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Free
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Free
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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System Requirements | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Programming Language |
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP
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PHP4, compatible with 5
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PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
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Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Platform Independent
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Any
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Webserver |
Any Java Application Server
|
Anything with PHP
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Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Other Requirements |
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
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Datastorage | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Text Files |
Yes
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No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
No
|
No
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Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Other |
None
|
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
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XML-based flat file storage
|
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Anti-Spam | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Akismet Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Word Blacklist |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
various other plugins
|
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
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User Access Features | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
None
|
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Support | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://pebble.sourceforge.net
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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http://www.s9y.org/33.html
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://open.jira.com/browse/PEBBLE
|
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
|
Books |
None
|
5+
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | |||||
Mailing List | |||||
IRC-Channel | |||||
Blogging Features | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Blog by Email |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Blog API |
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
|
Post Editing | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Comment Features | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Open-ID Support |
Client
|
None
|
None
|
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Extended Features | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Workflow | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Content Approval |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Content Import |
atom/rss
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
|
Content Export |
atom/rss
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Pebble | Wordpress | Serendipity | FlatPress | Pivot |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
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