Wikepage vs. ikiwiki vs. Friki

General Features Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Version
2008.1
2.67
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Anyone
private users and small teams
System Requirements Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Operating System
Platform Independent
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Server Independent
Any, or none
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
n/a
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
No
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Optional
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikepage ikiwiki Friki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold''
Italics Format
''Italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
__Underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
monospace
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
n/a
Text Indentation
n/a
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Wikepage remove ikiwiki remove Friki