Phonemos vs. ikiwiki vs. Papyrs

General Features Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Version
2026.01
2.67
N/A
Last Release Date
2026-01-15 (6 months ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2026-02-12 (5 months ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2020-08-06 (5 years ago)
Author
http://www.phonemos.com
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Stunf BV
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
N/A
License
Proprietary
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
React/Typescript, Scala
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
0
Paid plans from $89/mo. Free for personal use.
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Businesses
Anyone
Companies, teams and professionals.
Hosting Features Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
161061273600
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
Yes
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
No
System Requirements Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Unix variants, Kubernetes
Any
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
Webserver
Nginx
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Text Files
No
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
N/A
Oracle
No
No
N/A
SQLite
No
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
RCS
No
Yes
N/A
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
CamelCase
No
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
via REST API
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
Statistics Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Optional
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Phonemos ikiwiki Papyrs
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[Link](/page)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[Link](https://papyrs.com)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`mono`
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strikethrough~~
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
- list
- list
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. list
2. list
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Link to [^1]

[^1] some definition
Horizontal Rule
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spaces don't matter
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