| General Features | ikiwiki | BookStack |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.67
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v21.12.1
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| Last Release Date |
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
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| License |
GPL
|
MIT
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| Programming Language |
Perl
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
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| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Anyone
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Operating System |
Any
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
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| Webserver |
Any, or none
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
|
| Datastorage | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
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| SQLite |
No
|
No
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| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
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| RCS |
Yes
|
No
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| Other |
MariaDB
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
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| Development/Support | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
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| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
19080 ⭐
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| Common Features | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Optional
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| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
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| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
No
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| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
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| Links | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Plugin
|
No
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| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
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| Syntax Features | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
Optional
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| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple
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| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
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| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Optional
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| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
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| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
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| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
None
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| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
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| Usability | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
| Output | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | ikiwiki | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
[[internal]] |
|
| External Link |
[link text](http://example.org) |
|
| Headlines |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** __bold__ |
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| Italics Format |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
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| Underline Format |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
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| Monospace Format |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
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| Strikethrough Format |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
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| Superscript Format |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
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| Subscript Format |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
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| Images |
  |
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| Aligning Text |
|
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| Text Indentation |
|
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| Bulleted Lists |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
|
| Definition Lists |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
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