| 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 |
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