Phonemos vs. Papyrs vs. ikiwiki

General Features Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Version
2026.01
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
2026-01-15 (7 months ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-02-12 (7 months ago)
2020-08-06 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
http://www.phonemos.com
Stunf BV
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
N/A
Yes
License
Proprietary
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
React/Typescript, Scala
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from USD/EUR/CHF 50.-/mo.
Paid plans from $89/mo. Free for personal use.
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Businesses
Companies, teams and professionals.
Anyone
Hosting Features Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
161061273600
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
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
No
N/A
System Requirements Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, Unix variants, Kubernetes
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Nginx
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
Datastorage Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Text Files
No
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
Other
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
SAML2, OIDC, FIDO2
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
via REST API
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Optional
No
Statistics Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Optional
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Phonemos Papyrs ikiwiki
Internal Link
[Link](/page)
[[internal]]
External Link
[Link](https://papyrs.com)
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
## Heading
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
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
- list
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. list
2. list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Link to [^1]

[^1] some definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
***
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Phonemos remove Papyrs remove ikiwiki