Friki vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Version
2.1.1
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Java
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
Files
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Hosting Features Friki 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 Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
N/A
Datastorage Friki 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
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki 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 Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
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
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
No
Yes
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Optional
No
Output Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
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 Friki PBwiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! 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__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
monospace
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
:        indented
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
# 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
title:        description
<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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