ikiwiki vs. PodWiki vs. Anwiki

General Features ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Version
2.67
0.9.1
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Thomas Linden
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL 3
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
average to advanced users
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Operating System
Any
Unix
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
apache
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
builtin
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
L<http://www.daemon.de>
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
=head1 The Weather
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
B<bold>
<b>bold</b>
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
I<italics>
<i>italic</i>
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
via html only
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

=item* listitem

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