ConnectedText vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Version
5.0.0.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Any
Anyone
System Requirements ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
No need
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
none
various opt. helpers
Datastorage ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Firebird
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText 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 ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Links ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
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
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
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
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
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 ConnectedText PhpWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__Underline__
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
<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
--Strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
[ 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
~~Centered text~~
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

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