Pivot vs. FlatPress vs. Geeklog vs. Serendipity vs. DotClear vs. b2evolution

General Features Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Version
1.40.6
0.1010
1.8.2
1.1
2.1.3
2.4
Release Date
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Pivot Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Geeklog Team
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Olivier Meunier
Francois Planque / evoTeam
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv2
GNU version 2
BSD
GPL v2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
none
0
0
0 - Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
Multi-User Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Programming Language
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP4, compatible with 5
php
PHP
PHP 5
PHP
Operating System
Any
Platform Independent
any
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Webserver
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, works on IIS
any
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS or other
Root Access
No
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 Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
XML-based flat file storage
no
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
Trackback validation
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Other Authentication
Extendable authentication API
OpenID plugin
Support Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
Issue Tracker
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
None
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
WordPress (plugin)
MovableType, Blogger
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Comment Features Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Client
Extended Features Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Workflow Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
E-Mail Notifications
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Pivot FlatPress Geeklog Serendipity DotClear b2evolution
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
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