WiGit vs. BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki

General Features WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Version
0.1
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Remko Tronçon
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
other
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Beta
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Hosting Features WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Git
N/A
Datastorage WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
Other
Git repositories
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
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
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WiGit BrainKeeper ikiwiki
Internal Link
[InternalLink]
[[internal]]
External Link
"External link":http://externallink.com
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
h1. Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*Bold*
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_Italics_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
+underlined+
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
@monospace@
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^superscript^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
~subscript~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
!image.jpg!
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WiGit remove BrainKeeper remove ikiwiki