ikiwiki vs. Phonemos

General Features ikiwiki Phonemos
Version
2.67
2026.01
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-01-15 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-02-12 (8 months ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
http://www.phonemos.com
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
GPL
Proprietary
Programming Language
Perl
React/Typescript, Scala
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Businesses
Hosting Features ikiwiki Phonemos
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
-
Topic Restrictions
N/A
Content must be legal and not discriminatory
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
System Requirements ikiwiki Phonemos
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, Unix variants, Kubernetes
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Nginx
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki Phonemos
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Phonemos
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Phonemos
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Phonemos
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Phonemos
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Italian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki Phonemos
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki Phonemos
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
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
via REST API
Content Includes
Plugin
Optional
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki Phonemos
Section Editing
No
No
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 Phonemos
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki Phonemos
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Yes
Media and Files ikiwiki Phonemos
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki Phonemos
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Phonemos
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</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
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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