XoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features XoWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.113
2.67
Last Release Date
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
XOTcl and Tcl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Anyone
System Requirements XoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
AOLServer
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage XoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Security/Anti-Spam XoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support XoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features XoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features XoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links XoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features XoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Yes
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability XoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Statistics XoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output XoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files XoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras XoWiki 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 XoWiki 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
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spaces don't matter
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