Git-Wiki vs. Instiki

General Features Git-Wiki Instiki
Version
1.0
0.30.0
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (2 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
Ruby's
Programming Language
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
general, education
System Requirements Git-Wiki Instiki
Operating System
*nix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Ruby
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage Git-Wiki Instiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Git
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Development/Support Git-Wiki Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
478 ⭐
Common Features Git-Wiki Instiki
Preview
Plugin
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features Git-Wiki Instiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
No
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Links Git-Wiki Instiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki Instiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability Git-Wiki Instiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics Git-Wiki Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Git-Wiki Instiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki Instiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras Git-Wiki Instiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki Instiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{Image.png}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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