LionWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
3.2.4
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Adam Živnéř
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
advanced users, minimalists
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
All PHP supported
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript (plugin)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LionWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
'--strikethrough--'
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
[path_to_img.jpg]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
remove LionWiki remove ikiwiki remove KeheiWiki