Serendipity vs. b2evolution vs. Geeklog vs. Textpattern

General Features Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Version
1.1
2.4
1.8.2
4.0.7
Release Date
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Geeklog Team
Team Textpattern
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 - Free
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
System Requirements Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
php
PHP 4.3+
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Windows or other
any
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
Apache, IIS or other
any
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
(must overload DB abstraction class)
no
Anti-Spam Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
User Access Features Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Support Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://textpattern.com/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
Books
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blog by Email
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
MovableType, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
MovableType, metaWeblog
Post Editing Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Undo
Optional
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Comment Features Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Content Approval
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
Unlimited, template-based
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Serendipity b2evolution Geeklog Textpattern
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
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