ikiwiki vs. XoWiki

General Features ikiwiki XoWiki
Version
2.67
0.113
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements ikiwiki XoWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki XoWiki
# 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 XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki XoWiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Statistics ikiwiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki XoWiki
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 XoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
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
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
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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