Compatible clients

Useful information

There are three kinds of URLs you can select from when using/testing the clients below:

• XML-RPC -- http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/xmlrpc
• Blogger API -- http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger
• LJ -- http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/flat

Clients specifically designed to work with LJ may request the LJ posting URL.

List of Blog Editors

The lists below contain posting, account maintenance (editing friends, &c), and backup tools. These must be tested as well.

Cross-platform

Clients in this category are not restricted to any one particular operating system.

Client	Platform	Current DW status	Open source?	Config notes	Other notes
Post-by-email	email	works	yes	Set up at http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/emailpost.bml	http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/emailpost?mode=help
Charm 1.9.1	Python command-line	works	yes (GPL)		Custom access groups don't work.
Deepest Sender 0.9.3	Firefox	works	yes	Set http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/flat as the posting URL.	Posting works, including friends only, but doesn't retrieve custom access groups. Can't edit read list/access list through client.
Diigo	web service	we're about to find out - doesn't seem to work for blogger API.	unknown	Settings at https://secure.diigo.com/blog_this/daily_blog	Social bookmarking service. On Amazon servers, so not everyone's bag of tea.
Flickr	web service	does not work as of October 2009	no	More info at the DW getting-started community.	The "Blogger/API Enabled" option was removed; no other option works.
Google Docs	web service	works	no	Use the Blogger API.	Does not support anything but entry text, not even titles.
JLJ 2.12	Perl	works	yes		Development halted in 2006.
JLJ 2.14	Perl	works	yes	uses checkupdates(!!!)	actively developed
jbackup.pl	Perl	works	yes	Set server=dreamwidth.org when running.	LJ's official backup tool.
JournalPress	WordPress / PHP	works	yes		Explicitly supports Dreamwidth.
ljdump 1.5	Python	works	yes	The config file and at-run input explicitly ask for the server.	Backup tool only.
ljmigrate	Python	works	yes (BSD)		Backup tool only. Known bug: HTML index file isn't updated on subsequent runs of the migrator.
ljupdate	emacs	works	yes (GPL)	Set lj-default-server to: www.dreamwidth.org
LJXP 2.0.5	WordPress / PHP	works	yes (MIT)		Supports crossposting categories and/or tags as tags, basic privacy levels, comment on or off, header/footer.
news readers	multiple sources	see notes	multi	Under discussion as of November 12, 2010, patch available.	More information and specifics can be found at NNTP.
Petrus Blogger	Java	unknown	yes (BSD)	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.	Couldn't get it working using XMLRPC on Ubuntu; had a class error.
Scribefire 1.4.2.0	Firefox	works, mostly	yes (GPL)	Set up a working account for any other service, then edit the account details to reflect your Dreamwidth URL, username, and password, and use http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger/ for the API URL.	Can't edit tags, privacy, or other metadata.
Twittinesis	Twitter	disappeared off the face of the internet sometime 2011	not stated		Bare-bones Twitter import with few options at the moment. Explicitly lists Dreamwidth as supported.

Windows

Client	Platform	Current DW status	Open source?	Config notes	Other notes
ljArchive	Windows (Mono version available)	works	yes (zlib/libpng License)		Backup only.
LJ Sec	Windows client (Mono version available)	works	no	It's possible to get it to work, with a tiny bit of tweaking. See here.
LochJournal 2.2	Windows client	works	no
Semagic	Windows client	works, mostly	yes (GPL)	How to set up Semagic for Crossposting.	Posting works, including friends only, but doesn't retrieve custom access groups. 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.
Windows Live Writer	Windows client	works	no	Select LJ options, then, the Remote Posting URL to use is http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger.	Posting works, no friends-list options. Has no DW custom options, is fairly generic bloggy software. Tagging appears buggy to non-worky.

Macintosh

Client	Platforms	Current DW status	Open Source	Notes
asLJ	Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Universal Binary	Works	No	Has 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. Allows for cross-posting, but only if you've set up additional journal accounts in the program. Integrates with iTunes, and downloads the list of icons on the server. All in all, not a bad client.
iDream	Mac	Currently in development; see wiki page	Yes	This has been static for a long time; unknown if/when it might be released.
iJournal	Crash reports for 10.6.x	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.
MacJournal	Mac OS X 10.4.9 or higher, Audio feature: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher	works	No	I used the manual setup, chose Live Journal as the type, and used http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/xmlrpc for the Post URL. The software allowed up to 200 entries to be downloaded locally. The Access/Subscription split doesn't work as usual, but may allow preview of icons. I can't tell, from my connection.
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 Flickr 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. No spellcheck.	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.

Linux

Client	Platform	Current DW status	Open source?	Config notes	Other notes
Benzaiten	Linux (Gnome)	works, mostly	yes (GPLv2)		Entry posting works great (YAY, TAGS SUPPORT), Friends features don't work.
Blogilio	Linux (KDE)	Works	yes (GPL v2)	Use Blogger API and enter http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger into Blog/Homepage URL textbox.	Formerly Bilbo.
BlogTK 1.1	multiplatform, GTK+ 2	works	yes (BSD)	Use the Blogger API.	Nothing but entry text, not even titles. 2.0 is in alpha, and promises to have fuller Blogger support (which may or may not increase the LJ-clone support).
Drivel 2.0.3	Linux (Gnome)	works	yes (GPL v2)		Currently not maintained. Does not support tags or multiple security levels.
Gnome-Blog (aka Blog Entry Poster) 0.9.2	Linux (Gnome)	works	yes (GPL)	Select "Self-Run Other", and enter: http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/xmlrpc	Only supports entry title and entry body.
Kblogger	Linux (KDE)	KDE 3, no; KDE 4.2.2, yes	yes (GPL)	Blog-ID is your Dreamwidth username. Use the Blogger api, and enter this in 'Homepage URL': http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger	KDE 3 version doesn't work, but KDE 4.2.2 version does (1.0-alpha2).
KLuJe 0.8	Linux (KDE)	works	yes (GPL v2)	Use the LJ flat interface URL.	Doesn't support custom posting groups or tags.
Logjam 4.5.3	multiplatform, GTK+ 2	works	yes (GPL v2)		Currently not maintained. However, for many Linux distributions, it is the default Livejournal client.

Mobile

Client	Platform	Current DW status	Open source?	Config notes	Other notes
LJ2ME	mobile phones, using Java	works	no