Serendipity vs. Geeklog vs. blogSpirit vs. b2evolution

General Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Version
1.1
1.8.2
5.0
2.4
Release Date
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007
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)
Author
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
Geeklog Team
blogSpirit
Francois Planque / evoTeam
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
BSD
GNU version 2
From $0 to Enterprise
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
From $0 to Enterprise
0 - Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Hosting Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
does not apply
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
does not apply
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
does not apply
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
does not apply
N/A
System Requirements Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Linux
Linux, Windows or other
Webserver
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
any
Apache
Apache, IIS or other
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
None
Datastorage Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
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
Yes
No
No
Other
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
no
None
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Akismet Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Antispam spirit
several specialized antispam plugins
User Access Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Other Authentication
DNA SSO
OpenID plugin
Support Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
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
DNA/ys
Books
None
1
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
MovableType, Blogger
XML-RPC and Atom
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Undo
Optional
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Comment Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Client
Extended Features Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Workflow Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Content Approval
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Content Import
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
Movable Type, blogSpirit
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Dump to RSS, Database export
blogSpirit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Serendipity Geeklog blogSpirit b2evolution
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
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