ikiwiki vs. GWiki

General Features ikiwiki GWiki
Version
2.67
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-06-15 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-16 (8 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements ikiwiki GWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
Datastorage ikiwiki GWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Other
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki GWiki
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 GWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki GWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki GWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
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
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Usability ikiwiki GWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Statistics ikiwiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki GWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki GWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://example.com]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_Italic format_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+Unterlined+
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>
~Subscript~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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