ikiwiki vs. Roadkill

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

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
== Large heading
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
** bold **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italics//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
_underline_
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{

monospace

}}
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)
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* 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
# Numbered list
## Sub item
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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