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

General Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Version
3.4.9
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.4.2
v.20160608
2.67
2.3.32
Last Release Date
2008-11-09 (15 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-04-19 (3 years ago)
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2024-03-23 (6 days ago)
Last Update here
2008-11-21 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-04-20 (3 years ago)
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2024-03-24 (5 days ago)
Author
Dale Lane
Andreas Gohr
Wikka Development Team
marty alain
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL 2
GPL
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
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
All
System Requirements bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Operating System
Windows, Windows Mobile
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
probably every OS
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Other Requirements
.NET 2 Framework
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
None
No
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Active Directory (patch)
No
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
No
Optional
Development/Support bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
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
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Optional
Patch
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Optional, PHP
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Patch
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Output bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Patch
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples bLADE Wiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
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]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
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)
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
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
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
{b I am bold}
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
=italic text=
//italics//
//italic//
{i I am italic}
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underlined__
__underlined__
{u I am underline}
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
[|code sample|]
''monospace''
##monospaced##
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough text-
<del>strikethrough</del>
++Strike through text++
{del I am line-through}
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
E = mc{sup 2}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
'^superscript^'
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>
'_subscript_'
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)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
Plugin
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
{center I am centered}
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
> blockquote text
N/A
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
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>
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
___
----
----
{hr}
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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