BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki vs. PBwiki

General Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Version
N/A
2.67
N/A
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
PBworks
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
N/A
License
N/A
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Determined by Solution Needs
Development status
N/A
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Business Enterprises
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
Other Limits
None
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
None
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
No
N/A
Yes
System Requirements BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
N/A
Root Access
N/A
No
N/A
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
Datastorage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
N/A
MySQL
N/A
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
N/A
Oracle
N/A
No
N/A
SQLite
N/A
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
N/A
RCS
N/A
Yes
N/A
Other
N/A
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
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 PBwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
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
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
Optional
Output BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.externallink.com]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<code>monospace</code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Number #1
# Number #2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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