ProWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
2.0.045
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
none
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
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
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
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
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
; term: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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