Textpattern vs. Wordpress vs. DotClear vs. b2evolution vs. Geeklog vs. PSG

General Features Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Version
4.0.7
2.0.7
2.1.3
2.4
1.8.2
1.12.0
Release Date
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Team Textpattern
WordPress Development Team
Olivier Meunier
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Geeklog Team
The PSG Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL v2
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0 - Free
none
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Programming Language
PHP 4.3+
PHP
PHP 5
PHP
php
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows or other
any
Any
Webserver
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Anything with PHP
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS or other
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
None
Datastorage Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Text Files
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
None
(must overload DB abstraction class)
no
Anti-Spam Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
various other plugins
Trackback validation
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Moderation, link condom
User Access Features Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Authentication
None
Extendable authentication API
OpenID plugin
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://textpattern.com/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
Books
1
5+
1
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
#dotclear on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Single
None
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blog API
MovableType, metaWeblog
metaWeblog, MovableType
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Comment Features Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Workflow Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Content Import
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Unlimited, template-based
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Textpattern Wordpress DotClear b2evolution Geeklog PSG
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
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