PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
N/A
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
Hosting Features PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Storage Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
N/A
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Plugin
Oracle
N/A
No
Plugin
SQLite
N/A
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
Plugin
RCS
N/A
Yes
Plugin
Other
N/A
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + 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
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Plugin
Output PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[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
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
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
<code>monospace</code>
`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
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
Indented block
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
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 PBwiki remove ikiwiki remove KeheiWiki