ikiwiki vs. giewiki

General Features ikiwiki giewiki
Version
2.67
1.13.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2011-08-14 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Poul Staugaard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
new BSD License
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
community/personal
System Requirements ikiwiki giewiki
Operating System
Any
Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Google App Engine or SDK
Other Requirements
Python 2.5
Datastorage ikiwiki giewiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
App Engine
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki giewiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Google accounts
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki giewiki
# 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 giewiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki giewiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links ikiwiki giewiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki giewiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
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
No
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki giewiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki giewiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki giewiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
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 giewiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki giewiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki giewiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''Bald''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//Italy//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Undertow__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{Courier}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--Sorry--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
256^^2^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Sub~~script~~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# One
# Two
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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