KeheiWiki vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
N/A
2.67
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
team
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Any
Hosting Features KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
N/A
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
N/A
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
N/A
various opt. helpers
Datastorage KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
N/A
No
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
N/A
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
N/A
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
N/A
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
N/A
Yes
Yes
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Links KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# list
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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