BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki vs. ConnectedText

General Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Version
N/A
2.67
5.0.0.1
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)
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Eduardo Mauro
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
No
License
N/A
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
39,95
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Operating System
N/A
Any
Windows
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
No need
Other Requirements
N/A
none
Datastorage BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
No
Other
N/A
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
No need
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
CamelCase
No
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Output BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper ikiwiki ConnectedText
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{Monospace}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--Strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^Superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
vvSubscriptvv
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* First item
* Seconditem
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. First item
1. Second item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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