Wala Wiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Version
1.1.7
Pleiades-M45
N/A
Last Release Date
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
team
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
Public Domain
LGPL
N/A
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
corporate and special interest groups
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features Wala Wiki KeheiWiki 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 Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
Unix/Linux
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
N/A
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
perl 4 or newer
N/A
Datastorage Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Yes
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
Plugin
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
N/A
Oracle
No
Plugin
N/A
SQLite
No
Plugin
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
N/A
RCS
No
Plugin
N/A
Other
diffs
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Apache
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Preview
No
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
None
All
Some
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Optional
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
Extras Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
= headline =
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
''italicized''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
monospaced.
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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