BrainKeeper vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Version
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
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
Any
Anyone
Hosting Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
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 PhpWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
various opt. helpers
Datastorage BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
Oracle
N/A
Yes
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Yes
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
Yes
Other
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Links BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper PhpWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove BrainKeeper remove PhpWiki remove ikiwiki