Compare Drupal vs Joomla! vs Rubedo vs Mambo vs Plone vs Typo3 vs WebGUI vs Wordpress vs Xoops.
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Link | Drupal | Joomla! | WordPress | Rubedo | BizWebs.com | Opencart | TYPO3 | Xoops | Mambo | Plone | WebGUI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | drupal.org | joomla.org | wordpress.org | rubedo-project.org | bizwebs.com | opencart.com | typo3.org | xoops.org | sourceforge.net/... | plone.org | webgui.org |
| Latest version | 8.6.3 | 3.9.0 | 4.9.8 | 3.4 | Flox 3 | 1.5.5.1 | 9.5.1 | 2.5.6 | 4.6.5 | 4.3.2 | 7.10.28 |
| Release date | Nov. 7th 2018 | Oct. 30th 2018 | Aug. 2nd 2018 | Sep. 30th 2016 | Jan. 22nd 2013 | Oct. 30th 2018 | Apr. 28th 2013 | Jun. 1st 2008 | Sep. 15th 2013 | Mar. 20th 2013 | |
| License | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source GPL V3 | GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | |
| Supported databases | MySQL, PostgreSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL,SQL Server | MySQL | MongoDB | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL, Postgresql, Oracle | MySQL |
| Platform | PHP | PHP | PHP | PHP | PHP (at least 5.2) | PHP | PHP | PHP | Python | Perl | |
| Security | |||||||||||
| Captcha | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes |
| Content Approval | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email Verification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Granular Privileges | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Authentication methods | LDAP (plugin), NTLM (plugin), Custom | LDAP, Custom | LDAP (plugin), Custom | ShieldPass OpenCart Security Plugin | LDAP (plugin), Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin) | LDAP | LDAP, Custom | LDAP, Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin), Custom | LDAP, Custom | ||
| Session Management | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes Limited | Yes Plugin | Yes | |
| SSL Compatible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| Login History | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Modifications History | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes Versionning | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | |
| Support | |||||||||||
| Commercial Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Developer Community | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Public Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Plugin API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Features | |||||||||||
| Drag & Drop Content | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Image Resizing | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Upload | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes |
| Spellchecker | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes Multilingual spellchecker | Yes | No | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | ||
| Style Wizard | No Limited | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No Plugin | Yes | ||
| Subscriptions | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes |
| Template Language | Yes Limited | Yes | No | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Undo | Yes Limited | No | Yes Limited | Yes | No | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| WYSIWYG Editor | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Extensible User Profiles | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | |
| Interface Localization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Performance | |||||||||||
| Caching | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Load Balancing | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Database Replication | Yes Limited | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Static Content Export | No | No | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Multilingual Content | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | |
| Multi-Site Deployment | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes Yes. Share content, media & user | Yes | No | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | ||
| RSS (Content Syndication) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Management | |||||||||||
| Advertising Management | No Plugin | Yes | No | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Content Scheduling | No Plugin | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | No Plugin / Product with Schedule - $12.99 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Inline Administration | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Package Deployment | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sub-sites / Roots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Themes / Templates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web Statistics | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes Google analytics | Yes | Yes | Yes Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes |
| Web-based Translation Management | Yes | No Plugin | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | ||
| Workflow Engine | Yes Limited | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes Limited | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Interoperability | |||||||||||
| FTP Support | Yes Limited | Yes | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| UTF-8 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| WebDAV Support | No | No | No | No | No | No Plugin | No | No | Yes | No | |
| XHTML Compliant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Built-in Applications | |||||||||||
| Blog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | - Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chat | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin |
| Classifieds | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Contact Management | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes |
| Forum (Discussion) | Yes | No Plugin | - Plugin | No | Yes | No Plugin or add link | - Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| Document Management | Yes Limited | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes Limited |
| Events Management | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | |
| FAQ Management | Yes | Yes | - Plugin | No | Yes | No Plugin | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes |
| File Distribution | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | |
| Graphs and Charts | No | No Plugin | No | Yes Data visualisation | Yes | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Guestbook | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes |
| Help Desk / Bug Reporting | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes |
| Job Postings | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | ||
| Link Management | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Mail Form | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Plugin | Yes |
| Matrix | No | No | No | No | No Plugin | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| My Page / Dashboard | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| Newsletter management | - Plugin | - Plugin | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes |
| Photo Gallery | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| Project Tracking | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Search Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Elasticsearch - faceted search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Polls | Yes | - Plugin | - Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Tests / Quizzes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Surveys | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Newsletter | Yes | Yes | Yes Plugin | ||||||||
| Geolocation | Yes | ||||||||||
| Time Tracking | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | Yes | ||
| WYSIWYG | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| User Contributions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Web Services Front End | Yes Limited | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No Plugin | Yes | ||
| Wiki | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No | No Plugin - Price: $20.00 | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes Limited | No Plugin | Yes | |
| Shopping Cart | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes rCommerce | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes |
| Geo and Behavioral targeting | Yes Voir licence Acquia | Yes | |||||||||
| SEO Features | |||||||||||
| Metadata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Friendly URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open graph | Yes Plugin | Yes Plugin | Yes Plugin | Yes | Yes Plugin | ||||||
| Site Map | No Plugin | No Plugin | No Plugin | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No Plugin | No Plugin | - with sitemap.xml.gz | Yes |
| Additional | |||||||||||
| Website | drupal.org | joomla.org | wordpress.org | rubedo-project.org | bizwebs.com | opencart.com | typo3.org | xoops.org | sourceforge.net/... | plone.org | webgui.org |
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