Wordpress vs. Geeklog vs. WikyBlog vs. blogSpirit

General Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Version
2.0.7
1.8.2
1.5.4
5.0
Release Date
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2007
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
WordPress Development Team
Geeklog Team
Josh Schmidt
blogSpirit
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
From $0 to Enterprise
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
From $0 to Enterprise
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
No
Yes
Hosting Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
does not apply
System Requirements Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux
Webserver
Anything with PHP
any
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL
None
Datastorage Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
None
no
None
Anti-Spam Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Akismet Support
Yes
No
No
No
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
Antispam spirit
User Access Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Yes
No
No
Other Authentication
None
DNA SSO
Support Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
Issue Tracker
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
DNA/ys
Books
5+
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comment Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Workflow Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Content Approval
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
Movable Type, blogSpirit
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
blogSpirit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Wordpress Geeklog WikyBlog blogSpirit
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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