ikiwiki vs. PodWiki

General Features ikiwiki PodWiki
Version
2.67
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
average to advanced users
System Requirements ikiwiki PodWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
apache
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ikiwiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
builtin
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
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
Perl
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Optional
Embedded Video
Optional
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PodWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
B<bold>
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
I<italics>
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
via html only
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via html only
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via html only
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via html only
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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