PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
N/A
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Any
Anyone
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
N/A
Datastorage PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Yes
Yes
N/A
MySQL
Yes
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
N/A
Oracle
Yes
No
N/A
SQLite
Yes
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
N/A
RCS
Yes
Yes
N/A
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Links PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[ 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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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