ikiwiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
2.67
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Any
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None yet
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Development/Support ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
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
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
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 Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold text**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
sometext~subscript~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. A
2. B
3. C
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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