ikiwiki vs. Wikepage vs. WikkaWiki

General Features ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Version
2.67
2008.1
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
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
Private users, small groups
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Operating System
Any
Platform Independent
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Server Independent
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
n/a
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
0
Email notification
Yes
No
Patch
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Features ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Patch
Auto Signature
No
No
Patch
Statistics ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
No
Patch
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Patch
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
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
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Wikepage WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''Italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
With a space in front of the text
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
n/a
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
n/a
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- 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
n/a
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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