only things which are different are described here. Unique features are marked bold.
(Note this is mostly for me as TODO list for Kyselo.)
| Kyselo | Souper.io | Loforo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://kyselo.eu/ | https://souper.io/ | https://loforo.com/ |
| developer | Severák | zorp & titos2k | DevZero LLC (Jeevan) |
| news about site | https://kyselo.eu/updates | private Discord server | https://blog.loforo.com/ |
| opensource? | yes | not yet | no - commercial service |
| technology | PHP | Rails | PHP and Node.js |
| editing posts | yes | no | yes |
| post types | text, link, quote, image, video | text, image, video | image/video, link, quote (seems everything is text internally) |
| tags | yes | no | no |
| blog on subdomain | no | yes | yes |
| header text | yes | yes | yes |
| header image | no | no | yes |
| background color | no | no | yes |
| friend list | yes | no | yes |
| followers feed | no | yes | no |
| friends of a friend | no | yes | no |
| friend finding functionality | list of all users | find users to follow | none? |
| view stats | no | no | yes |
| endless scroll | will not implement this | yes | yes |
| /random feed | no | no | yes |
| random post link | yes | no | no |
| comments | yes | no | yes |
| ignore list | no | no | yes |
| duplicate detection | no reposts | no reposts | "smart" |
| NSFW switch | yes | no | yes |
| automatic NSFW tagging | no | no | yes |
| share post (to external sites) | no | no | yes |
| unlisted blogs | no | no | yes |
| notifications | yes | yes | yes |
| keyboard navigation | no | no | yes |
| flagging mechanism | no | no | yes |
| import from Soup | possible (but Soup servers are down now) | no | yes, some soups were imported |
| RSS export | yes | no | yes |
| posting by bookmarklet | yes | no | yes |
| groups | yes | no | yes |
| direct messages | yes | no | no |
| responsive view | yes | yes, but ugly | yes (nice) |
| multiple sites | no | no | yes |
| likes | no | no | yes |
| custom CSS of blogs | yes | no | limited |
| realtime chat | yes | no (can use private Discord server for that) | no |
Sources:
- https://blog.loforo.com/ (this is why Loforo has so many features in this list)
- usage of souper.io
- my own deep knowledge of Kyselo, as I am author of it
- #dev-annoucements in certain discord channel
Hey @severak
Thanks for making this comparison.
Here are some minor corrections for Loforo: