Django Packages : Blogs

Blogs

A comparison of Django blog packages which would have helped for this: http://pydanny.blogspot.com/2009/04/show-me-your-open-source-django-blog.html

Features currently being evaluated

Feature	Description
Comments
tag	tag support
multi sites	Allows a single installation to serve multiple blog.
RSS	Publishes legal RSS feeds
Multilingual	Full builtin multilingual support.
gallery	includes photo gallery
WYSIWYG Editor	Can posts be authored using a WYSIWYG editor?
Linkback ?	Has pingback/trackback ?
plugin	Supports third-party plugins.
Search	Can blog posts be searched?
Reactions	Does it support reactions from social media sites?
MetaWeblog API	Does the blog support the MetaWeblog API ?
Pinging	Automatically pings search engines on new entries
Test coverage	The current test coverage of the package in percent.
Markdown	I want markdown, hate writing html now inside of entries
Sharing Hooks	Does the blog have built-in methods for sharing on social media sites, or hooks for services that provide this?
Sitemap	Generates a sitemap.xml?
Import from Wordpress	Import a posts, categories, tags, comments, authors, etc.
Multiple Authors	Can blog posts be attributed to different authors with the ability to view posts for an individual author?
Date Views	Can blogs posts be viewed for a given month or year?
Categories	Can blog posts be assigned to descriptive categories? Eg to create a running series of tutorials. (not tagging)
AtomPub/APP Support	Does the blog software support publishing via an AtomPub client? The server should allow for publishing, editing and deleting of entries through third party products like Windows Live Writer or Mars Edit.
Custom User Model	All features and migrations work as expected with a custom user model in place.
Custom user display	When the application displays and/or links to a user (e.g. the Author) can that logic be customized without having to modify templates?
Abstract base models	Can the blog engine handle custom models, in both the admin, it's views and syndication feeds?
General Pages	Can the blog have general content pages (eg: about) attached to it as with Wordpress?
Comment spam filtering	List what methods such as CAPTCHA, honeypots, spam keyword filtering and more to block comment spam.
Login names can be private	Is it possible to prevent a user's login name (e.g. username) from being displayed publically without overriding templates.

Package	Wagtail CMS	Mezzanine	syte	Zinnia	django-basic-apps	django-mingus	puput	biblion	djangocms-blog	wagtail-blog	django-blog-it	django-blogango	Django-Articles	Django-Blog-Python-Learning	PyLucid CMS	radpress	Flother	wagtailnews	Mighty Lemon	Elephantblog for FeinCMS	django-news	django-yaba	django-fluent-blogs	Nano apps	django-marcus	django-andablog	django-andablog	djeasy	Django Bona Blog	django-sophie	django-stories	django-dress-blog	django-blogger	django-hermes	django-cms-articles	django_filtered_feed	dworkin	simple-article	django-international	gnocchi-blog	cmsplugin-blog	w3blog	django-pubtools	blognajd	DriverRestore	Asgard Blog	django-diario	Django-Bootlog	django-personal-blog	FaraPy CMS	django-rstblog	Django Tech Blog	Byteflow

Package	Wagtail CMS	Mezzanine	syte	Zinnia	django-basic-apps	django-mingus	puput	biblion	djangocms-blog	wagtail-blog	django-blog-it	django-blogango	Django-Articles	Django-Blog-Python-Learning	PyLucid CMS	radpress	Flother	wagtailnews	Mighty Lemon	Elephantblog for FeinCMS	django-news	django-yaba	django-fluent-blogs	Nano apps	django-marcus	django-andablog	django-andablog	djeasy	Django Bona Blog	django-sophie	django-stories	django-dress-blog	django-blogger	django-hermes	django-cms-articles	django_filtered_feed	dworkin	simple-article	django-international	gnocchi-blog	cmsplugin-blog	w3blog	django-pubtools	blognajd	DriverRestore	Asgard Blog	django-diario	Django-Bootlog	django-personal-blog	FaraPy CMS	django-rstblog	Django Tech Blog	Byteflow
Description	A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience	CMS framework for Django	[Archived] A really simple but powerful packaged personal site that has social integrations like twitter, github, dribbble, instagram, foursquare, tumblr, ...	Simple yet powerful and really extendable application for managing a blog within your Django Web site.	Simple prebuilt applications.	a Django blog engine leveraging reusable apps for all its features.	A Django blog app implemented in Wagtail	a blog app for Django	django CMS blog application - Support for multilingual posts, placeholders, social network meta tags and configurable apphooks	A wordpress like blog app implemented in wagtail. Please open issues and merge requests only in gitlab.	django blog - complete customization and ready to use with one click installer	A blogging app for Django	ATTENTION: I have disowned this project. See http://www.codekoala.com/blog/2013/django-projects/ The blogging engine I use on codekoala....	For newest version https://github.com/agusmakmun/python.web.id	PyLucid is ready to use Django-CMS setup	A simple blog engine written in Djan...	The Python- and Django-based code for the website running flother.com. For installation instructions, see the README.	News/blog plugin for Wagtail CMS	A Django blog. Formerly Oebfare by brosner.	A blog for FeinCMS	News Feed Aggregation with Django.	Yet Another Blog Application	A blog engine with flexible block contents (based on django-fluent-contents)	Does less! Loosely coupled mini-apps for django.	Bilingual blog on Django	A blog app that is only intended to be embedded within an existing Django site.	A blog app that is only intended to be embedded within an existing Django site.	Django Project Deploy Easier to in Debian Distribution!	A Django blog app with features of a standard blogging platfo...	Just another Django-based blog engine, that runs on GAE.	An application for handling newspaper-like stories on a web site.	Django blogging app with stories, quotes, diary, comments and tags.	A simple blogging app for django 1.4	A light-weight blogging app for Django.	the best django CMS application for managing articles	Feeds sans noise.	New wave blog + knowledge base engine	Provides a simple Article model for Django	Pluggable app for international features like currency and country lists.	Blog modules from the Gnocchi project.		A simple blog engine for Django with multilingual capabilities	django-pubtools is a helper library for creating publishable django models.	Simple django blogging app, for Python 3	Update Windows 10 Drivers for your computer with Driver Restore - A Drivers update software for Windows...	A simple blog application for Django.	Blog application for Django projects	A Django Blogging App based on Twitter Bootstrap The...	a Django app for people, that want to have a simple personal blog.	Python CMS written by Django	a Django app to manage a blog: https://pypi.org/project/django-rstblog/
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Comments		Built in threaded comments with admin dashboard integration, as well as DISQUS integration.		(with moderation, can be threaded)			Disqus integration		available through third-party plugins (e.g. disqus)			, built-in, with comment moderation	Disqus or django.contrib.comments			only with disqus.				, disqus or django.contrib.comments		, with contrib.comments or Disqus	django.contrib.comments, django-fluent-comments, or any other option via templates (e.g. Facebook/DISQUS)	The blog app can be used with any other comments-app including nano.comments but does not itself include comments	, built-in, with comment moderation	Only features that make comment integration easier.				Yes, with disqus.		, with django-comments-xtd		No commenting system included.						built in comments with reCaptcha							django.contrib.comments support	Disqus					Threaded comments with email notification for replies. Automated registration for user after comment posting (no anonymous users!)
tag		Built in, with weighted tag cloud.					django-taggit		with django-taggit			, with django-taggit			, used django-tagging					, django.tagging		, with django-tagging	via django-taggit / django-taggit-autocomplete-modified	automatically uses django-taggit or django-tagging if installed, prefers djang-taggit		django-taggit						, with django-tagging								, with django-taggit	django-tagging					django-taggit	django-tagging support (optional)	. Can have a single Category					, yes, with django-tagging and autocomplete widget
multi sites																																															django.contrib.sites support
RSS				or Atom					or Atom														and atom	? Use django's own feed-system	, for articles and comments									RSS/Atom													RSS/Atom
Multilingual									native																, bilingual (English and Russian)																										multilingual support is partial: you can load the same article traslated in other languages		, but can implemented by multi-sites
gallery									available by using django CMS plugins											, via content types			can be a plugin		, but only on admin page	admin-inlines						, with django-inline-media			available by using django CMS plugins
WYSIWYG Editor		TinyMCE included, plus hooks for injecting your own widget class		WYMEditor, TinyMCE or markItUp			hallo.js		(default using CKEditor, but any django CMS plugin will do)							with zen mode for restructured text.				, TinyMCE			TinyMCE/CKEditor/RedactorJS/Yahoo/custom (via django-fluent-contents)	plain text or html, in admin	Now no, but plan to add a simple WYSIWYG with fullscreen mode and support for markdown	through markitup									available by using django CMS plugins						WYMEditor or TinyMCE							ckeditor in admin.			author edits article on his/her PC
Linkback ?
plugin				with django-cms's placeholders					, django CMS ones														via django-fluent-contents			custom markup renderers								Supports custom markup renders. Comes with support for markdown, rst and textile	django CMS plugins						using django-cms plugins
Search				with grammar			elastic search																(consider using django-haystack)	not unless using google or similar counts	, you can change the backend										django-haystack													django-haystack					django-haystack
Reactions												, from backtype				disqus reactions									, now only Twitter, but you can always set social buttons (through templates) with addthis, sharethis, etc
MetaWeblog API				enriched
Pinging
Test coverage		70%		100%					96%														0%			90%							97%	100%							0%
Markdown				, reStructedText or Textile					Depending on plugin							restructuredtext				FeinCMS content type			+ RST/Markdown/Textile/custom (via django-fluent-contents)											Supports Markdown, RST, Textile and HTML/Plain Text. Also allows for custom renders to be used.						Using django.contrib.markup							reStructuredText, Markdown, Textile, raw text (so you can use HTML directly or another markup language				reStructuredText, Markdown, html
Sharing Hooks		Integrated with bit.ly - post to Facebook and Twitter		Bit.ly and Twitter					Full support for OpenGraph, Twitter cards, Schema.org																																							Post to Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter & Reddit.
Sitemap																									, separately for each language
Import from Wordpress		(also custom importers for Tumblr, Posterous, Blogger, and RSS)		(also Blogger and RSS)																					, through django-command "wordpress_importer"										pages articles galleries
Multiple Authors																							(unless using a custom model)
Date Views
Categories																only tags.																			tree structure of categories attached to django CMS pages													Posts can be listed by category by clicking it from category list.
AtomPub/APP Support
Custom User Model
Custom user display
Abstract base models				includes model mixins																			includes model mixins
General Pages				not a CMS			using Wagtail CMS		, through django CMS														via other apps (flatpages / django-fluent-pages / custom)		, through flatpages																							Has Latest Posts as Homepage and an About Page.
Comment spam filtering		Akismet		Akismet, TypePad, Mollom or custom					depending on comment plugin			, using akismet				disqus does not allow to spam =)							honeypots, akismet, auto close / auto moderate (via django-fluent-comments)	Not allowing anonymous users to comment helps	, CSRF token through javascript and Akismet							, django-comments-xtd requires comment confirmation by email								reCaptcha											doesn't allow comments		, captcha
Login names can be private