ikiwiki vs. Friki vs. SubWiki

General Features ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Version
2.67
2.1.1
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Frank Carver
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
ASL or LGPL
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Anyone
private users and small teams
System Requirements ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Operating System
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Any that can run or call Java
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Optional
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Unknown
Usability ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Friki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
N/A
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
monospace
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
N/A
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
N/A
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
:        indented
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first
* second
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* 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. first
1. second
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
title:        description
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
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spaces don't matter
remove ikiwiki remove Friki remove SubWiki