Corendal Wiki vs. ikiwiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Version
3.0.2
2.67
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Author
Thierry Danard
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Corporate
Anyone
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
Unix / Windows
Any
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Any, or none
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Patch
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Patch
Auto Signature
No
No
Patch
Statistics Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
No
Patch
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Patch
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Corendal Wiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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