KeheiWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PBwiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ikiwiki

General Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
N/A
N/A
1.9.11
2.67
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
N/A
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
team
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PBworks
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
N/A
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
N/A
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
N/A
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Business Enterprises
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Anyone
Hosting Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
N/A
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
N/A
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any, or none
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
N/A
N/A
None
Datastorage KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
No
RCS
Plugin
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
N/A
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
N/A
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Output KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PBwiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italics''
''italic''
''emphasised''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
<code>monospace</code>
`monospaced`
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
-strikethrough-
--(strikethrough)--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<left>, <center>, <right>
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Indented block
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<dl>
</dl>
term:: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
---
----
-----
------
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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