LionWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Version
3.2.4
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Adam Živnéř
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
advanced users, minimalists
Any
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
All PHP supported
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
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 LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
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
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
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
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Patch
Unknown
Yes
No
Links LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript (plugin)
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Extras LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LionWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
# list
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
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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