PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
PukiWiki Development Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Anyone
System Requirements PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
No
Unknown
Links PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
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
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
![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>

<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# list
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
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
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
--------------------
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove PhpWiki remove KeheiWiki remove PukiWiki remove ikiwiki