ikiwiki vs. iKnow - a tiny wiki

General Features ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Version
2.67
1.2
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2011-02-10 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2011-02-11 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
CodeBrewery
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
Programming Language
Perl
ASP.Net MVC 3 (C# with Razor view engine)
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Anyone
Everyone in need of a (really) tiny wiki or a internal knowledge database
System Requirements ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Operating System
Any
Windows Server 2008 +
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS 7.0 +
Other Requirements
ASP.Net MVC 3, WebMatrix
Datastorage ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Microsoft SQL Server
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
OpenID
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
# 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 iKnow - a tiny wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
SisterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
FAQ Tags
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Unknown
Usability ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Section Editing
No
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
Toolbar
No
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Statistics ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
Output ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki iKnow - a tiny wiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[InternalLink]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
<a href="http://www.google.ch">ExternalLink</a>
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
<h1>Headline</h1>
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
<i>Italic</i>
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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