Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. Wikepage

General Features Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Version
2.1.1
2.67
2008.1
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
Private users, small groups
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Server Independent
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
n/a
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki Wikepage
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**Bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''Italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
Monospace Format
monospace
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text
n/a
Text Indentation
:        indented
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
n/a
Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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