mobiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PodWiki vs. Anwiki

General Features mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Version
2016-06-26
2.67
0.9.1
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
Martin D�ring
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Thomas Linden
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
GPL
GPL 3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Text centric websites and mobile use
Anyone
average to advanced users
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Operating System
any
Any
Unix
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
any
Any, or none
apache
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
PHP 5.4+
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
builtin
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
No
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples mobiki ikiwiki PodWiki Anwiki
Internal Link
[Internal Link]
[[internal]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
[link text](http://example.org)
L<http://www.daemon.de>
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
!Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
=head1 The Weather
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
B<bold>
<b>bold</b>
Italics Format
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
I<italics>
<i>italic</i>
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
via html only
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
n/a
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
put a space in front of monospaced text
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via html only
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via html only
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via html only
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
Images
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
G<logo.png>
<img src=""/>
Aligning Text
___
aligned text
___
via stylesheet only
<center>anwiki</center>
Text Indentation
n/a
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
Numbered Lists
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
Definition Lists
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
via html only
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
---
<hr/>
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