| General Features | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Version |
2.0 |
1.11.1 |
TWiki 4.2.0 |
Last Release Date |
2007-04-30 |
2008-01-24 |
2008-01-22 |
Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community |
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others. |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
URL |
ikiwiki.info |
www.mediawiki.org |
twiki.org and www.twiki.net |
Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
License |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
Programming Language |
Perl |
PHP |
Perl |
Data Storage |
Files, RCS |
Database |
Files, RCS |
License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Intended Audience |
Anyone |
End Users/Desktop, Education |
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses |
| System Requirements | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Operating System |
Any |
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other |
Root Access |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Webserver |
Any, or none |
Any with PHP support |
Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 |
Other Requirements |
|
 none |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
| Datastorage | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Text Files |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
MySQL |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
PostgreSQL |
 No |
 Optional |
 No |
Oracle |
 No |
 Optional |
 No |
SQLite |
 No |
 No |
 No |
BerkeleyDB |
 No |
 No |
 No |
RCS |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Other |
|
 No |
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage |
| Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Page Permissions |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ACL |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins |
 Yes |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos |
Host Blocking |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Mail Encryption |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
nofollow |
 No |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
Blacklist |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
CAPTCHA |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Delayed Indexing |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
| Development/Support | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Commercial Support |
 No |
 Yes, 21 listed |
 Yes, 21 listed |
Preconfigured Hosting |
|
 Yes |
 Yes |
Code Repository |
svn://ikiwiki.info/ikiwiki/trunk |
svn.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
Issue Tracker |
ikiwiki.info ; ikiwiki.info |
bugzilla.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
Mailing List |
ikiwiki.info |
lists.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
Support Forum |
ikiwiki.info |
mwusers.com |
twiki.org |
IRC Channel |
ikiwiki.info |
www.mediawiki.org |
twiki.org |
| Common Features | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Preview |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Minor Changes |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Change Summary |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page History |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Page Index |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Plugin System |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Special Features | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Unicode Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Right-to-Left Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Interface Languages |
en, bg, cs, es, fr, gu, pl, sv, vi |
100+ |
14 |
Email notification |
 Yes |
 Optional |
 Yes |
Comments |
Discussion Pages |
Discussion Pages |
Threaded |
Categories |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Namespaces |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page Redirection |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Links | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
CamelCase |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Yes |
Freelinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Backlinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
InterWiki |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
SisterWiki |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
Image Links |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Windows Shares |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
| Syntax Features | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
HTML Tags |
 Optional |
Some |
All |
Math formulas |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
CREOLE support |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Markdown Support |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
Textile Support |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
BBCode Support |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Emoticon Images |
 Plugin |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
Syntax Highlighting |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Footnotes |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Quoting |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Internal Comments |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Custom styles |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
FAQ Tags |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin |
 Optional |
JavaScript; TWiki variables; powerful API |
Content Includes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Feed Aggregation |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
| Usability | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Section Editing |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Double-Click Edit |
 No |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
Toolbar |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
WYSIWYG Editing |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Access Keys |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Auto Signature |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Statistics | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
Recent Changes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Wanted Pages |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
Orphaned Pages |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Most/Least Popular |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Recent Visitors |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
Analysis |
 No |
 Optional |
 Yes |
| Output | ikiwiki  | MediaWiki  | TWiki  |
HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
CSS Stylesheets |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
Themes & Skins |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
RSS Feeds |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ATOM Feeds |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Abbreviations |
 No |
 No |
 |