WikkaWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. ConnectedText

General Features WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Version
1.4.2
N/A
5.0.0.1
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Eduardo Mauro
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
No
License
GPL
N/A
Commercial
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
39,95
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Hosting Features WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
N/A
Windows
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
N/A
No need
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
N/A
none
Datastorage WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Text Files
No
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
Yes
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
No
Other
No
N/A
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
N/A
No need
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
Email notification
Patch
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
N/A
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
CamelCase
Yes
No
No
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
No
Statistics WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Yes
Output WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki BrainKeeper ConnectedText
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__Underline__
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
{{{Monospace}}}
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
--Strikethrough--
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^^Superscript^^
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
vvSubscriptvv
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
~~Centered text~~
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* First item
* Seconditem
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1. First item
1. Second item
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
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