Wiki-Toolkit vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Version
0.72
2.67
Last Release Date
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
Anyone
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Usability Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Toolbar
Unknown
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
Output Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
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
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