Wikepage vs. BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki vs. PBwiki

General Features Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Version
2008.1
N/A
2.67
N/A
Last Release Date
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
PBworks
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
N/A
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Files
N/A
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Determined by Solution Needs
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Business Enterprises
Hosting Features Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
None
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
Yes
System Requirements Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Operating System
Platform Independent
N/A
Any
N/A
Root Access
No
N/A
No
N/A
Webserver
Server Independent
N/A
Any, or none
N/A
Other Requirements
n/a
N/A
N/A
Datastorage Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
N/A
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
N/A
Oracle
No
N/A
No
N/A
SQLite
No
N/A
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
N/A
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
Other
N/A
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
N/A
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Optional
Output Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikepage BrainKeeper ikiwiki PBwiki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[internal]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.externallink.com]
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
''Italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
__Underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<code>monospace</code>
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
Aligning Text
n/a
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
n/a
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Numbered Lists
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Number #1
# Number #2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
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***
___
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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