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
multi sites	Allows a single installation to serve multiple blog.
Multilingual	Full builtin multilingual support.
gallery	includes photo gallery
Comments
RSS	Publishes legal RSS feeds
tag	tag support
Search	Can blog posts be searched?
Linkback ?	Has pingback/trackback ?
plugin	Supports third-party plugins.
Reactions	Does it support reactions from social media sites?
MetaWeblog API	Does the blog support the MetaWeblog API ?
Markdown	I want markdown, hate writing html now inside of entries
Pinging	Automatically pings search engines on new entries
Test coverage	The current test coverage of the package in percent.
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.
General Pages	Can the blog have general content pages (eg: about) attached to it as with Wordpress?
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?
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.
Comment spam filtering	List what methods such as CAPTCHA, honeypots, spam keyword filtering and more to block comment spam.
WYSIWYG Editor	Can posts be authored using a WYSIWYG editor?

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

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