ikiwiki vs. alphawiki

General Features ikiwiki alphawiki
Version
2.67
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
private users, small teams
System Requirements ikiwiki alphawiki
Operating System
Any
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
None
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki alphawiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Statistics ikiwiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki alphawiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki alphawiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
{hr}
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