| General Features | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.4.2
|
N/A
|
2.67
|
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
5.0.0.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
|
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
|
| Author |
Wikka Development Team
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
Eduardo Mauro
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
GPL
|
N/A
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
Commercial
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
N/A
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
0
|
0
|
39,95
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
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
|
Any
|
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
|
| Hosting Features | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No Restrictions
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Operating System |
any (platform-independent)
|
N/A
|
Any
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
any server with PHP/MySQL support
|
N/A
|
Any, or none
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
No need
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
N/A
|
various opt. helpers
|
none
|
|
| Datastorage | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
No
|
N/A
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
Firebird
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
Active Directory (patch)
|
N/A
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
No need
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
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| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
||||
| Stars on GitHub |
42 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
1
English |
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
| Email notification |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Discussion Pages
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Links | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Some
|
Optional
|
Some
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
Yes
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WikkaWiki | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PhpWiki | ConnectedText |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase [[forced]] [[forced|This is a link]] [[forced |日本語]] |
|
[[internal]] |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
| External Link |
http://wikkawiki.org [[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]] [[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]] |
|
[link text](http://example.org) |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
| Headlines |
====== Level 1 ====== ===== Level 2 ===== ==== Level 3 ==== === Level 4 === == Level 5 == |
|
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
|
**bold** __bold__ |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
|
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
__underlined__ |
|
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
<u>underlined</u> |
__Underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
##monospaced## |
|
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
{{{Monospace}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
++Strike through text++ |
|
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
--Strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
""<sup>Superscript</sup>"" |
|
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
<sup>above</sup> |
^^Superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
""<sub>Subscript</sub>"" |
|
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
<sub>below</sub> |
vvSubscriptvv |
| Images |
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}} |
|
  |
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] external image [Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] view uploaded image [Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] view and link to another image |
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
| Aligning Text |
@@Center text@@ <<left floated<< >>right floated>> |
|
|
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
~~Centered text~~ |
| Text Indentation |
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab) indented ~indented |
|
|
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
| Bulleted Lists |
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab) ~- Item 1 ~~- Item 1.1 ~- Item 2 |
|
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* list or - list |
* 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. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
# list |
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>"" |
|
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
Term:<def> def |
;Term:Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
|
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
---- |
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