ConnectedText vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Version
5.0.0.1
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
N/A
Yes
License
Commercial
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
Determined by Solution Needs
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Hosting Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
No need
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
none
N/A
Datastorage ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
Other
Firebird
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText PBwiki 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 ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Yes
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
Output ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

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