PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ConnectedText

General Features PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Version
N/A
2.67
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.0.0.1
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
Author
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Eduardo Mauro
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
License
N/A
GPL
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
PHP
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
39,95
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Any
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Hosting Features PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Storage Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Operating System
N/A
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
No need
Other Requirements
N/A
various opt. helpers
none
Datastorage PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Yes
No
Oracle
N/A
No
Yes
No
SQLite
N/A
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
Yes
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
Other
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
No need
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Links PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Output PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki ikiwiki PhpWiki ConnectedText
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
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
---------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
__Underline__
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{Monospace}}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
--Strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
^^Superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
vvSubscriptvv
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[ 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
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

~~Centered text~~
Text Indentation
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
or
- list
* First item
* Seconditem
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
# list
1. First item
1. Second item
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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