Wiki on a Stick vs. Friki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Version
0.12.0
2.1.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
ASL or LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
Java
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
private users and small teams
Anyone
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
# 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 Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Preview
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
0
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick Friki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold text*
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
/italics text/
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
monospace
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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