| General Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.3
|
1.1
|
4.0.7
|
| Release Date |
3.3
|
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
|
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
eTouch Systems
|
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
|
Team Textpattern
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Commercial
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Pls check www.etouch.net
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Hosting Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Storage Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Optional
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No pornography
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Programming Language |
Java
|
PHP
|
PHP 4.3+
|
| Operating System |
Windows/Linux/Solaris
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
| Webserver |
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
|
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
|
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
|
MySQL 3.23+
|
| Datastorage | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
|
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| Anti-Spam | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Akismet Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Moderated Comments
|
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
|
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
| User Access Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
Single-Sign On
|
||
| Support | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Online Help |
Available
|
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
|
http://textpattern.com/
|
| Issue Tracker |
support.etouch.net
|
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
|
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
| Books |
None
|
1
|
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel |
#textpattern on freenode
|
||
| Blogging Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
Can be provided on request
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
| Post Editing | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Undo |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Gravatars |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
|
| Extended Features | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Workflow | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Content Approval |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Content Import |
Using custom import framework
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
| Content Export |
No
|
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
Unlimited, template-based
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | SamePage | Serendipity | Textpattern |
| Podcast Feeds |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| remove SamePage | remove Serendipity | remove Textpattern |