KeheiWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PukiWiki

General Features KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
N/A
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
N/A
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
N/A
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Any
Anyone
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Hosting Features KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
N/A
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
various opt. helpers
N/A
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
Yes
No
N/A
No
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
No
N/A
No
SQLite
Plugin
Yes
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
Yes
No
N/A
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Optional
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Output KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
'''italic'''
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
N/A
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
N/A
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[ 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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

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