PBwiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Version
N/A
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
PBworks
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
N/A
GPL
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
N/A
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
0
0
Development status
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Any
corporate and special interest groups
Anyone
Hosting Features PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
No limit
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
Webserver
N/A
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
N/A
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
RCS
N/A
N/A
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other
N/A
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki BrainKeeper PhpWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.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
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?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
Text Indentation
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

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