Comparison of sites using the LiveJournal codebase
This is a comparison of sites publicly accessible on the internet known to be using the LiveJournal codebase.
The LiveJournal web community is based on open source software for blogging and social networking, primarily written in Perl. Because of this, many other communities have been designed using the LiveJournal software. These sites have very similar features and formats to LiveJournal itself.[1] However, they often have different terms of service than LiveJournal's, making them attractive to users who have become disenchanted with LiveJournal's rules and wish to move their journals to other hosts.[2] Unlike the others on this list, Dreamwidth is a code fork of the Livejournal code.[3]
General information and feature comparison
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | Ability to syndicate off-site feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
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Asks | 2006 | Japanese community | 13,127 [4] | 31 [4] | Open | Unknown | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
DeadJournal | 2001 | Dark-themed community | 456,302 [5] | 638 [5] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | All users | 5 | 50 | 2.5 USD | 15 USD | N/A |
Dreamwidth | 2008 | Open-source social networking platform. Allows to import entries from an LJ journal with comments. | 2,038,232 [6] | 32,798 [6] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID)[7] | All users[8] | 15 [8] | 100/250 [8] | 3 USD[8] | 35 to 50 USD[8] | 200 USD[8] |
InsaneJournal | 2001 | Insane asylum-themed community | 3,983,438 [9] | 18,653 [9] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 100 | 250 | 5 USD | 25 USD | N/A |
JournalFen (down since April 2015 with "temporary" replacement at journalfen.com) | 2003 | Fandom focused community for 18+ only | 19,963 [10] | 361 [10] | Invite-only or paid | Paid users can create, free users can read | 10 | 500/1000 | N/A | 24/36 USD | N/A |
Kraslan | 2006 | Russian community | 2,340 [11] | 141 [11] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
LiveJournal | 1999 | Original LiveJournal site | 42,550,922 [12] | 1,150,344 [12] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 6 [free] or 15 [plus] | 30 | 3 USD | 19.95 USD | 175 USD |
Lj.Rossia.org | 2005 | Russian community. Allows to import entries from an LJ journal (even suspended) with comments. | 49,420 [13] | 1,675 [13] | Open | All users | 100 | N/A[14] | N/A[14] | N/A[14] | N/A[14] |
Scribbld | 2007 | General community | 97,495 [15] | 8 [15] | Open (OpenID) | Paid only | 6 | 50 | 5 USD | 20.00 USD | N/A |
Sviesta Ciba | 2002 | Latvian community | 28,919 [16] | 10,324 [16] | Open to people 13 and over | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | RSS Feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
Defunct sites
These are sites that previously ran the LiveJournal codebase, but are either no longer available or have transitioned to using a different codebase.
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | Ability to syndicate off-site feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
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Academ | 2006 | Russian community | 967 [17] | 260 [17] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
BlogEnglish | 2007 | Russian/English language study | 374 [18] | 9 [18] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
BlogOnline | 2005 | Russian community, defunct as of early 2008 | 818,127 [19] | 15,221 [19] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Blurty | 2002 | Went down between Dec 2014 and Feb 2015 based on Wayback Machine | 2,255,607 [20] | 1,899 [20] | Open to people 18 and over | Paid only | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
BootieJournal | 2003 | Private site, not responding as of 2010 | 69 [21] | 2 [21] | Invite-only | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Caleida | 2003 | General journaling site, not responding as of 2010 | Unknown | Unknown | Open | All users | 3 | 100 | 2.5 USD | 20 USD | N/A |
CommieJournal | 2007 | General 18+ community, defunct as of late 2009[22] | 10,495 [23] | 167 [23] | Open to people 18 and over | N/A | 100 | 500 | 5 USD | 20 USD | 75 USD |
CrazyLife | 2003 | General journaling community, not responding as of 2010 | 43,963 [24] | 55 [24] | Open to people 13 and over | All users | Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
GreatestJournal | 2003 | Defunct;[25] formerly a roleplaying focused community | 1,883,776 prior to going down[26] | N/A | Disabled | Unknown | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Inksome | 2007 | 18+ fandom-friendly community, formerly known as Scribblit, defunct as of April 2011[27] | 33,772 [28] | 161 [28] | Invite-only or paid | Paid users and early contributors can create, free users can read | 150[29] | 300[29] | 3 USD[30] | 25 USD[30] | 120 USD |
Isurgut | 2004 | Russian community | 2,935 [31] | 23 [31] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
IziBlog | 2004 | French & English community, not responding as of 2011 | 12,606 [32] | 115 [32] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) | All users | 150 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
LiveJourbal | 2005 | Gerbil-themed community, not responding as of 2010 | 14,951 [33] | 50 [33] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | Unknown | 15 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 25 USD |
LiveLogCity | 2003 | General community | 9,302 [34] | 296 [34] | Open | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
LostJournal | 2005 | General community, not responding as of 2010 | 6,043 [35] | 46 [35] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 3 | 15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Minilog | 2002 | General community created by Aaron B. Russell on 8 November 2002,[36] service was shut down 30 October 2007.[37] Domain was allowed to expire, has since been bought by someone else and now shows GoDaddy's domain parking page with ads. | 10,648 [38] | 2 [38] | Open | Paid users can create, free users can read | Unknown | 3000 (6000 for permanent accounts) [39] | Minimum 2 months, 3 GBP or 5.50 USD [40] | 15 GBP or 28 USD [40] | 65 GBP or 121 USD [40] |
Needless Panic | Unknown | Unknown | 27,046[41] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
OpenWeblog | 2005 | Defunct as of March 2011[42] | 452 [43] | 5 [43] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
uJournal / AboutMyLife | 2002 | uJournal went down in August 2004 due to a hardware failure.[44] As of March 2005, uJournal accounts and postings were restored, with a "uj_" prefix, as part of AboutMyLife, a different journaling service.[45] AboutMyLife seems to have gone down permanently around May 2007.[46] | 259,119 at last count before the failure[47][48] | 13,272 at last count before the failure[47] | Suspended | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | RSS Feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Emily (11 January 2004), My so-called blog, New York Times: "While the sites that are hosts to online journals may attract different crowds, their formats vary only slightly: a LiveJournal is a Blurty is a Xanga is a DeadJournal is a DiaryLand."
- ↑ McCullagh, Declan (30 May 2007), Mass deletion sparks LiveJournal revolt, CNet News.com.
- ↑ What are Dreamwidth's new features?, retrieved 12 May 2009
- 1 2 Asks. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 DeadJournal. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 Dreamwidth. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- ↑ Dreamwidth FAQ. Retrieved 27 July 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dreamwidth FAQ. Retrieved 16 June 2010
- 1 2 InsaneJournal. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 JournalFen. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 Kraslan. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 LiveJournal. Retrieved 2 February 2013
- 1 2 lj rossia. Retrieved 18 August 2011
- 1 2 3 4 "Donations". Lj.Rossia.org (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- 1 2 Scribbld. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016
- 1 2 Sviesta Ciba. Retrieved 18 May 2009
- 1 2 Academ. Retrieved 9 June 2008
- 1 2 BlogEnglish. Retrieved 9 June 2008
- 1 2 BlogOnline. Retrieved 18 May 2009
- 1 2 Blurty. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- 1 2 BootieJournal. Retrieved 18 May 2009
- ↑ magyar_saman (13 September 2009), "Sorry for this", CommieJournal News, archived from the original on 13 September 2009
- 1 2 CommieJournal. Retrieved 13 September 2009
- 1 2 CrazyLife. Retrieved 18 May 2009
- ↑ As of 7 January 2009, accessing GreatestJournal produces a 403 error with the message "please use LiveJournal instead"; see also discussion of the situation on JournalFen.
- ↑ GreatestJournal. Retrieved 9 June 2008
- ↑ Denise (6 April 2011), "Our Farewell to Inksome", Weekly Update: 6 April, Dreamwidth News.
- 1 2 Inksome. Retrieved 4 March 2011
- 1 2 "Userpics!". Inksome News Journal. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
- 1 2 Kit Peters (10 July 2009). "State of IS". Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- 1 2 Isurgut. Retrieved 23 March 2008
- 1 2 IziBlog. Retrieved 27 December 2009
- 1 2 LiveJourbal. Retrieved 9 June 2008
- 1 2 LiveLogCity. Retrieved 9 June 2008
- 1 2 LostJournal. Retrieved 18 May 2009
- ↑ User Info. Retrieved 5 April 2011
- ↑ Goodbye, Minilog.com!. Retrieved 5 April 2011
- 1 2 Minilog stats from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 April 2011
- ↑ Minilog.com News - Changes to Paid Accounts. Retrieved 5 April 2011
- 1 2 3 About Paid Accounts. Retrieved 5 April 2011
- ↑ Internet Archive Wayback Machine final crawl (ret. 14 August 2012)
- ↑ End of Life for OpenWeblog, hexmode, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- 1 2 OpenWeblog. Retrieved 11 April 2009
- ↑ Message from uJournal staffer Brandon Thomas, August 18, 2004.
- ↑ Posting by ksolaris, 3 March 2005.
- ↑ How long? About My Life Forums. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
- 1 2 uJournal stats from Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 August 2012
- ↑ Post by uncon (former administrator of uJournal) from 31 August 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2012
External links
- Livejournal codebase: most recent version (viewable code); subversion repository
- "Blogware & CMS - Where to Create a Blog"
- "LiveJournal Churns Users and Squeezes Small Hosts" — historical figures (2005)
- "The Living Breathing Clones"