Compatible clients
From Dreamwidth Notes
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
In addition to posting, clients include backup tools. Please test those as well.
Basic information
| 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. | |
| 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 | ||
| Charm | Python based command line client | works, except for custom access groups. | Yes, GPL | ||
| Semagic | Windows client | Posting works, including friends only, but doesn't retrieve custom access groups. | Yes, GPL | Very popular client | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | Needs testing by KDE user | Yes, GPL | ||
| Google Docs | webservice, multiplatform | Works w/ Blogger API | No | does not support anything but entry text, not even titles | |
| 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." | |
| 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 | |
| LJ2ME | Mobile phones, in Java | Works | No | ||
| 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. |
