WikiNi vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.5.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Any
Anyone
System Requirements WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Datastorage WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Patch
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Links WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi PhpWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[ ]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
** **
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
// //
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__ __
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
## ##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
# list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WikiNi remove PhpWiki remove ikiwiki