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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| developer | Severák | zorp & titos2k | DevZero LLC (Jovan) |
| opensource? | yes | not yet | no - commercial service |
| technology | PHP | Rails | ? |
| 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 | planned | no |
| blog on subdomain | no | yes | yes |
| header text | yes | yes but ui missing | yes |
| header image | no | no | yes |
| background color | no | no | yes |
| friend list | yes | no | yes |
| followers feed | 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 |
| comments | no | planned | yes |
| ignore list | no | planned | yes |
| duplicate detection | no reposts | no reposts | "smart" |
| NSFW switch | yes | planned | yes |
| automatic NSFW tagging | no | no | yes |
| share post (to external sites) | no | no | yes |
| unlisted blogs | no | no | yes |
| notifications | no | yes | yes |
| keyboard navigation | no | planned | yes |
| flagging mechanism | no | planned | yes |
| import from Soup | possible (but Soup servers are down now) | no | yes, some soups were imported |
| RSS export | half-broken, but yes | planned | no |
| posting by bookmarklet | yes | planned | no |
| groups | yes!!! | planned | no |
| direct messages | yes | no | no |
| responsive view | no | yes, but ugly | yes (nice) |
Sources:
- https://blog.loforo.com/ (this is why Loforo has so many features in this list)
- (daily) usage of souper.io
- my own deep knowledge of Kyselo, as I am author of it