ikiwiki vs. ConnectedText

General Features ikiwiki ConnectedText
Version
2.67
5.0.0.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Eduardo Mauro
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
Perl
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
39,95
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
System Requirements ikiwiki ConnectedText
Operating System
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
No need
Other Requirements
none
Datastorage ikiwiki ConnectedText
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki ConnectedText
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
No need
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki ConnectedText
# 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 ConnectedText
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 ConnectedText
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki ConnectedText
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki ConnectedText
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
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
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki ConnectedText
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki ConnectedText
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki ConnectedText
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki ConnectedText
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki ConnectedText
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki ConnectedText
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{Monospace}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--Strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^Superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
vvSubscriptvv
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* First item
* Seconditem
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. First item
1. Second item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
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___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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