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

General Features Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Version
2.0.7
2.1.3
2.4
1.12.0
1.8.2
Release Date
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2006-08-22 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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)
Author
WordPress Development Team
Olivier Meunier
Francois Planque / evoTeam
The PSG Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 - Free
Free
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
System Requirements Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP 5
PHP
PHP
php
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Unix/Linux, Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Any
any
Webserver
Anything with PHP
Apache, Lighthttpd
Apache, IIS or other
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
None
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
None
(must overload DB abstraction class)
no
Anti-Spam Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Akismet Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
Trackback validation
several specialized antispam plugins
Moderation, link condom
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Authentication
None
Extendable authentication API
OpenID plugin
You can write your own auth plugin
Support Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
5+
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
None
Single
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Blog by Email
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comment Features Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Workflow Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Wordpress DotClear b2evolution PSG Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
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