Phonemos vs. ikiwiki

General Features Phonemos ikiwiki
Version
2026.01
2.67
Last Release Date
2026-01-15 (6 months ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-02-12 (5 months ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
http://www.phonemos.com
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
License
Proprietary
GPL
Programming Language
React/Typescript, Scala
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Businesses
Anyone
Hosting Features Phonemos ikiwiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
-
N/A
Topic Restrictions
Content must be legal and not discriminatory
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
System Requirements Phonemos ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Unix variants, Kubernetes
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Nginx
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage Phonemos ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Security/Anti-Spam Phonemos ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Phonemos ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Phonemos ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Phonemos ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Italian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links Phonemos ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Phonemos ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
via REST API
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Optional
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability Phonemos ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
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 Phonemos ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Phonemos ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Yes
Unknown
Media and Files Phonemos ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Phonemos ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Phonemos ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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