ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PageWork

General Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Version
2.67
Pleiades-M45
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Operating System
Any
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Any
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Yes
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Yes
Development/Support ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
Keywords
Extras ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki KeheiWiki PageWork
Internal Link
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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