ikiwiki vs UseModWiki
ikiwiki
ikiwiki.infoUseModWiki
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| Figure | ikiwiki | UseModWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#8) | 7.3 (#29) |
| Installation | The project offers source downloads and packages for Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, BSD systems, openSUSE, Arch Linux, Homebrew, and Guix. | The official home page links to setup and configuration instructions and to separate instructions for Microsoft Windows. |
| License | The project describes ikiwiki as Free Software. | The official home page describes the software license as GPL. |
| Purpose | ikiwiki converts wiki pages into HTML pages for publishing on a website. | UseModWiki is software for creating websites that users can collaboratively edit, including changing text written by other users. |
| Support | The project provides a forum, bug tracker, TODO list, and discussion pages, and says developers monitor RecentChanges and respond in a timely fashion. | The site links to user-to-user help, developer questions, a mailing list for major announcements, and a contact address for the project. |
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In their own words
ikiwiki
ikiwiki is free, open-source software that compiles wiki pages into HTML for publication as a website. It builds a static site and regenerates pages when their source changes. Page history can be kept in Git, Subversion, or another revision-control setup, although a revision system is optional. Markdown is the default markup, while plugins can add WikiText, HTML, reStructuredText, and Textile. Any page can function as a blog and produce RSS or Atom feeds. Plugins provide much of the system, including markup, directives, revision-control backends, and CGI capabilities. Templates, CSS, and themes control generated appearance. Optional web editing supports registration, several authentication methods, and configurable edit permissions. Xapian can add full-text search. Packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, BSD, openSUSE, Arch, Homebrew, and Guix. ikiwiki supports Linux, macOS, self-hosting, and web use, with custom domains, SSO, and version history listed.