| General Features | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.67
|
2.5.316
|
| Last Release Date |
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2026-10-01 (15 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
|
| Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Nicolas Giard
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
AGPL-v3
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| Programming Language |
Perl
|
Javascript
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, other, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Anyone
|
Everyone
|
| System Requirements | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Operating System |
Any
|
All
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any, or none
|
All
|
| Other Requirements |
Node.js
|
|
| Datastorage | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Other |
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
29044 ⭐
|
| Common Features | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| 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
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| CamelCase |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
JS, CSS
|
| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Optional
|
| Output | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | ikiwiki | Wiki.js |
| Internal Link |
[[internal]] |
[Link Title](/link/to/page) |
| External Link |
[link text](http://example.org) |
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org) |
| Headlines |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
# Header 1 ## Header 2 ### Header 3 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** __bold__ |
**Bold Text** |
| Italics Format |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
*Italic Text* |
| Underline Format |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
<u>Underline Text</u> |
| Monospace Format |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
`Monospace Code` |
| Strikethrough Format |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
~~Strikethrough Text~~ |
| Superscript Format |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
^Superscript Text^ |
| Subscript Format |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
~Subscript Text~ |
| Images |
  |
 |
| Aligning Text |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
|
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
- Item 1 - Item 2 - Item 3 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
1. Item 1 2. Item 2 3. Item 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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