UseMod vs. ikiwiki

General Features UseMod ikiwiki
Version
1.2.2
2.67
Last Release Date
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
System Requirements UseMod ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage UseMod ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Patch
No
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support UseMod ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features UseMod ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features UseMod ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links UseMod ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features UseMod ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Usability UseMod ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics UseMod ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output UseMod ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files UseMod ikiwiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras UseMod ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples UseMod ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
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
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
N/A
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# 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:Definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove UseMod remove ikiwiki