ikiwiki vs. PBwiki

General Features ikiwiki PBwiki
Version
2.67
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Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
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Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
PBworks
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
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License
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
Development status
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Anyone
Business Enterprises
Hosting Features ikiwiki PBwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
Other Limits
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
System Requirements ikiwiki PBwiki
Operating System
Any
N/A
Root Access
No
N/A
Webserver
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage ikiwiki PBwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Oracle
No
N/A
SQLite
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
RCS
Yes
N/A
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PBwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PBwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PBwiki
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 PBwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Links ikiwiki PBwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki PBwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki PBwiki
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
No
Statistics ikiwiki PBwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Optional
Output ikiwiki PBwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PBwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki PBwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PBwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.externallink.com]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<code>monospace</code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Number #1
# Number #2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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