ikiwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Version
2.67
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.6
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MS-PL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Any
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Patch
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
Special Features ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
No
Links ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins, templates, PHP
none
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PhpWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
[[internal]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[[URL|linkname]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Large heading
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
** bold **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
_underline_
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{

monospace

}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
or
- list
* Bullet List
** Sub item
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# list
# Numbered list
## Sub item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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