BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki vs. UseMod

General Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Version
N/A
2.67
1.2.2
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
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 UseMod
Operating System
N/A
Any
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
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
No
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
No
Patch
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
# 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 UseMod
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
No
Special Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
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
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Patch
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras BrainKeeper ikiwiki UseMod
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
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 UseMod
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
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_
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
N/A
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://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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