ikiwiki vs. WikiNi

General Features ikiwiki WikiNi
Version
2.67
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements ikiwiki WikiNi
Operating System
Any
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki WikiNi
# 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 WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
French
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki WikiNi
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki WikiNi
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Patch
Usability ikiwiki WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki WikiNi
Internal Link
[[internal]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[ ]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
** **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__ __
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
## ##
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)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1)
1)
1)
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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