ikiwiki vs. Drupal Wiki

General Features ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Version
2.67
8.37
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2025-06-05 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2025-06-12 (1 year ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
https://kontextwork.de
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Different licences
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Enterprise
Hosting Features ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
No
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
No
System Requirements ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, nginx
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos-SSO
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Development/Support ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
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 Drupal Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
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
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Widgets
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Optional
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Drupal Wiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor with search in a dialog)
alternatively:
[[#123]]
[[#123][label]] 
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor)
alternatively:
[[http://drupal-wiki.com]]
[[http://drupal-wiki.com][label]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
(Integrated into the WYSIWYG-Editor)
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Aligning Text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Text Indentation
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
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