ikiwiki vs. PageWork vs. WikyBlog

General Features ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Version
2.67
0.4.8
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Pitt Murmann
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Medium-sized sites
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Operating System
Any
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Any
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
MySQL
Datastorage ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Proprietary
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
No
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Extras ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PageWork WikyBlog
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
This is --not-- important.
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* 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
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: term : definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
---
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