bLADE Wiki vs. DokuWiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. alphawiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Version
3.4.9
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.4.2
v.20160608
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-11-09 (15 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-11-21 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
Author
Dale Lane
Andreas Gohr
Wikka Development Team
marty alain
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL 2
GPL
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Users wanting to be able to view/edit their wiki from a mobile phone or PDA, with a simple wiki that needs almost no setup
personal, small to medium companies
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows, Windows Mobile
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
probably every OS
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
N/A
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
.NET 2 Framework
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
None
No
None
Security/Anti-Spam bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Active Directory (patch)
No
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Optional
Patch
No
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
Optional, PHP
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Statistics bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Patch
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
Patch
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Filenames only
Extras bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[Link to a page]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://www.linkme.com]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
+Heading
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
{b I am bold}
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
=italic text=
//italics//
//italic//
{i I am italic}
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underlined__
__underlined__
{u I am underline}
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[|code sample|]
''monospace''
##monospaced##
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough text-
<del>strikethrough</del>
++Strike through text++
{del I am line-through}
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
E = mc{sup 2}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[$image.jpg$]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Plugin
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
> blockquote text
N/A
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
- bulleted
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# numbered
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
(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) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Plugin
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
___
----
----
{hr}
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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