ikiwiki vs. PmWiki vs. WikiNi

General Features ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Version
2.67
2.6.0
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
All
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
none
Datastorage ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
French
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Usability ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Optional
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PmWiki WikiNi
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[[ ]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
** **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
__ __
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace@@
## ##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
{-strikethrough-}
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
'_subscript_'
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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