BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki

General Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Version
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
Root Access
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Oracle
N/A
No
SQLite
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links BrainKeeper ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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