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Revision as of 02:58, 4 May 2010
Useful information
Some clients require the user to insert the XML-RPC URL in order to work. Dreamwidth's is at http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/xmlrpc
Other clients use the Blogger api. The url for that is at http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger
Clients specifically designed to work with LJ may request the posting URL, which is http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/flat
In addition to posting, clients include backup tools. Please test those as well.
Crossplatform
| Client | Platforms | Current DW status | Open Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ljupdate | Emacs | Works | Yes, GPL | Set lj-default-server to "www.dreamwidth.org" |
| Scribefire | All; based on FireFox. | Posting works. Can't edit tags, privacy, or other metadata. | Yes, GPL | You must set up a working account at any other service then edit this to reflect your Dreamwidth URL, Username, Password and use http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger/ for the API URL. |
| Deepest Sender | All; based on FireFox. | Posting works, including friends only, but doesn't retrieve custom access groups. Can't edit read list/access list through client. | Yes | Set http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/flat as the posting URL. |
| Charm | Python based command line client | works, except for custom access groups. | Yes, GPL | |
| Petrus Blogger | Multiplatform, in Java | Might work with little modification; current LJ compatible servers hard coded in interface and include IJ and Rossia.org. Logs into IJ okay but couldn't get working with LJ itself. | Yes, BSD | Looks to be made for Russian first, English second. Well designed Java for the Mac. |
| Google Docs | webservice, multiplatform | Works w/ Blogger API | No | does not support anything but entry text, not even titles |
| JLJ | Perl | Works | Yes | Command line client, development halted in 2006 |
| jbackup.pl | Command line | No | Yes | Didn't work out of the box using --site=dreamwidth.org |
| LJXP | crossposting plugin for WordPress, php | works as of 2.0.5 | Yes, MIT License | Back in active development, supports crossposting categories and/or tags as tags, basic privacy levels, comment on or off, header/footer. |
| JournalPress | crossposting plugin for WordPress, php | works | Yes | Supports multiple journals and communities, per-post-per-journal userpics, crossposting categories and/or tags as tags, basic privacy levels (extensible support for custom fgroups via an additional plugin), comments on or off, music/mood/location, header/footer. |
| Flickr | web service | does not work as of October 2009 | No | More info at getting-started comm |
| Twittinesis | apparently works | not stated | Bare-bones Twitter import with few options at the moment, explicitly lists Dreamwidth as supported. | |
| ljmigrate | Python | works as back up tool. Migration of journal not tested. | Yes, BSD license | Known bug: HTML index file isn't updated on subsequent runs of the migrator. |
Windows
| Client | Platforms | Current DW status | Open Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semagic | Windows client | Posting works, including friends only, but doesn't retrieve custom access groups. | Yes, GPL | Very popular client. If tags do not cross-post to DW at first, "...tags [can be] enabled for Insanejournal.com and any other site after opening an entry with tags in the history window." more info here |
| LJ-Archive | Windows client (Mono version available) | No | Yes, zlib/libpng License | |
| Windows Live Writer | Windows client | Posting works, no friends-list options. | No. | Has no DW custom options, is fairly generic bloggy software. Tagging appears buggy to non-worky. |
| LJ Sec | Windows client (Mono version available) | No | Yes | It's possible to get it to work, with a tiny bit of tweaking. See here. |
Macintosh
| Client | Platforms | Current DW status | Open Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iJournal | All; works well for Mac users. | Posting works, including friends only and custom access groups. Installs quickly and recognizes DW account on first login. Current Music is automatically retrieved from iTunes. Client allows you to edit most recent entry and switches easily between different user accounts. Customizable toolbar and limited HTML preview. | Yes | Much better option for Mac users than MarsEdit. Cannot open separate windows for different posts and crossposting requires an additional step, but these problems may be solved in the next update. |
| MarsEdit | Mac | Works | No | "It asked for the URL for my DW account, then couldn’t download the settings, asking if I wanted the interface to edit them myself. Ultimately, I told it that the API endpoint was dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger, and that sorted everything out.
Clicking through to view the webpage worked beautifully. Authorizing the Flikr image importer worked fine. Adding an image to the draft is previewing properly. I still have a message in my options window that says there are no options for this weblog, but I don’t know what to expect there." |
| Phoenix | Mac OS X , Mac Classic version available | Posting works; allows public, private and access-only but not custom groups. Tags, title, location, music, mood, and userpics work. Editing entries yields an error. | Yes | Client is similar in form and function to Semagic. Does not allow for fast user switching. To configure for use at Dreamwidth, enter your username and password at the login screen, then tick the more options box and enter www.dreamwidth.org under livejournal server. |
| Xjournal | Mac OS X | Does not work (on anything but LJ itself) | Yes | Primary developer has moved on. Some recent updates have been made by a couple of developers at the Xjournal LJ community but it's unclear whether anyone plans to port this over for DW. |
| asLJ | Mac OS X 10.5x | Is currently in Alpha stage (as of May 1st, 2009) of development. Has added Dreamwidth on their list of supported servers, but has not added Public/Access/Private in place of Public/Friends/Custom. Friends works as if it were Access anyway, so far. | No | |
| IDream | Mac | Currently in development; see wiki page | Yes |
Linux
| Client | Platforms | Current DW status | Open Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logjam | Multiplatform, GTK+ 2 | Works | Yes, GPL v2 | Currently not maintained, but for many Linux distributions, it is the default Livejournal client. |
| Gnome-Blog (aka Blog Entry Poster) | Linux (Gnome) | Works | Yes, GPL | Livejournal is hard-coded into software, using DW requires setting up a "Self-run other" type account. Does not support any info besides Entry title and entry body, e.g. no tags, mood, etc. |
| Drivel | Linux (Gnome) | Works | Yes, GPL v2 | Currently not maintained, does not support tags or multiple security levels |
| BlogTK 1.1 | Multiplatform, GTK+ 2 | Works w/ blogger API (nothing but entry text, not even titles) | Yes, BSD | 2.0 is in alpha, and promises to have fuller Blogger support (which may or may not increase the LJ-clone support) |
| Kblogger | Linux (KDE) | KDE 3 vers. Doesn't work, but KDE 4.2.2 version does.(V. 1.0-alpha2) crashy. Follow the instructions on this wiki to set it up. Blog-ID is your Dreamwidth username. | Yes, GPL | Use the Blogger api, and enter this in 'Homepage URL': http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger
Soon to be replaced by Blogilo |
| Bilbo Blogger | Linux (KDE) | Doesn't work, soon to be replaced by Blogilo | Yes, GPL | 0.9 Support for Livejournal. |
| Benzaiten | Linux (Gnome) | Entry posting works great (YAY, TAGS SUPPORT), Friends features don't work | Yes, GPLv2 | Active maintainer ‽, very similar to Drivel |
Mobile
| Client | Platforms | Current DW status | Open Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LJ2ME | Mobile phones, in Java | Works | No |
