BrainKeeper vs. PhpWiki vs. PBwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Version
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
N/A
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
N/A
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PBworks
team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
N/A
LGPL
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Any
Business Enterprises
corporate and special interest groups
Hosting Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
Unix/Linux
Root Access
N/A
No
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
N/A
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
N/A
various opt. helpers
N/A
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Oracle
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
SQLite
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
RCS
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Other
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
N/A
Apache
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Links BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Javascript
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Output BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Keywords
Extras BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<code>monospace</code>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<left>, <center>, <right>
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Indented block
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# list
# Number #1
# Number #2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
<dl>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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