Compatible clients

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

List of Blog Editors

In addition to posting, clients include backup tools. Please test those as well.

Crossplatform

Client	Platforms	Current DW status	Open Source	Notes
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
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, crossposting categories and/or tags as tags, basic privacy levels (extensible support for custom fgroups via an additional plugin), comment on or off, music/mood/location, header/footer.

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 how to set up Semagic for Crossposting
Windows Live Writer	Windows client	Posting is fine, no friends only or custom groups	No, sadly	Good for those who do primarily public entries, or have several blogs. Make sure to set the blog provider to LiveJournal and in the box labeled "Remote posting URL for your blog" enter http://www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger and then click next. Follow the rest of the onscreen instructions and you are all set to go.

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."
Pheonix	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, sometimes someone steps in and tweaks the code, but it's basically orphaned.

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)	Needs testing by KDE user	Yes, GPL

Mobile

Client	Platforms	Current DW status	Open Source	Notes
LJ2ME	Mobile phones, in Java	Works	No