PBwiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features PBwiki ikiwiki
Version
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Hosting Features PBwiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
No limit
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
System Requirements PBwiki ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
Root Access
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage PBwiki ikiwiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Oracle
N/A
No
SQLite
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PBwiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PBwiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features PBwiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links PBwiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features PBwiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability PBwiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PBwiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Output PBwiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras PBwiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove PBwiki remove ikiwiki