| General Features | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
4.0.7
|
1.0
|
1.12.0
|
| Release Date |
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
|
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
|
2006-08-22 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Team Textpattern
|
Jacob Roeland
|
The PSG Team
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GNU GPL v3
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
Free
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Beta
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Programming Language |
PHP 4.3+
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
Tested in Windows and Linux
|
Any
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
|
Any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
MySQL 3.23+
|
None
|
|
| Datastorage | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other | |||
| Anti-Spam | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
Moderation, link condom
|
|
| User Access Features | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other Authentication |
You can write your own auth plugin
|
||
| Support | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://textpattern.com/
|
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
|
| Books |
1
|
None
|
None
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel |
#textpattern on freenode
|
||
| Blogging Features | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
None
|
| Tags |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
||
| Post Editing | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Undo |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
None
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Extended Features | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Workflow | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
||
| Content Export |
Unlimited, template-based
|
||
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Textpattern | Ignition | PSG |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
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