Wala Wiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
1.1.7
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Any
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Other
diffs
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Links Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[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 =
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
''italicized''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*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
monospaced.
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
[ 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)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
# 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:<def>
def
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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