ikiwiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Version
2.67
N/A
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Anyone
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
No
System Requirements ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
Any
N/A
Root Access
No
N/A
Webserver
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Oracle
No
N/A
SQLite
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
RCS
Yes
N/A
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki BrainKeeper
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__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
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
---
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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