ConnectedText vs. ikiwiki

General Features ConnectedText ikiwiki
Version
5.0.0.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Anyone
System Requirements ConnectedText ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
No need
Any, or none
Other Requirements
none
Datastorage ConnectedText ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ConnectedText ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links ConnectedText ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ConnectedText ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability ConnectedText ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ConnectedText ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output ConnectedText ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras ConnectedText ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

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