ikiwiki vs. Wikepage vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Version
2.67
2008.1
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jose Carlos Medeiros
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Private users, small groups
Advanced End Users
System Requirements ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Any
Platform Independent
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Server Independent
Other Requirements
n/a
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
No
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
0
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
Output ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Wikepage Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Bold**
*bold text*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''Italic''
/italics text/
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
With a space in front of the text
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
n/a
Text Indentation
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
n/a
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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