WikkaWiki vs. alphawiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PmWiki

General Features WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Version
1.4.2
v.20160608
2.67
2.3.33
Last Release Date
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2024-04-20 (25 days ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2024-04-21 (24 days ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
marty alain
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
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 WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
probably every OS
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
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
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
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
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Optional
Development/Support WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
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
Patch
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Scripting
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
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Patch
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Output WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
Patch
Optional
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
XML export
Patch
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki PmWiki
Internal Link
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://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
====== 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**
{b I am bold}
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
{i I am italic}
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
__underlined__
{u I am underline}
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
{del I am line-through}
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
E = mc{sup 2}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
""<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
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
@@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
(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
(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
(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
""<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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