| General Features | Wikidot | Zim |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.56
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| Last Release Date |
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2009-12-09 (14 years ago)
|
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
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| Author |
Michal Frackowiak
|
Jaap Karssenberg
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| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
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| License |
AGPLv3
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GPL
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| Programming Language |
Python
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files, RCS
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
|
0
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| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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| Intended Audience |
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
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Private users, small teams
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| Hosting Features | Wikidot | Zim |
| Storage Quota |
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
|
N/A
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| Bandwidth Quota |
no limit
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N/A
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| Other Limits |
max uploaded file size limit
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N/A
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| Topic Restrictions |
by Terms Of Service
|
N/A
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| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
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| Own Domain |
Yes
|
N/A
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| Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Wikidot | Zim |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None
|
|
| Other Requirements |
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
|
| Datastorage | Wikidot | Zim |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Unknown
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
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| RCS |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Wikidot | Zim |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
File permissions
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Wikidot | Zim |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
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| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Wikidot | Zim |
| Preview |
Yes
|
No
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Wikidot | Zim |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Interface Languages |
2
English, Polish |
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
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| Comments |
Threaded
|
No
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| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
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| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
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| Links | Wikidot | Zim |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
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| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Wikidot | Zim |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
None
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
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| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
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| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
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| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
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| Scripting |
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
|
None
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | Wikidot | Zim |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Wikidot | Zim |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Wikidot | Zim |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Wikidot | Zim |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
| Extras | Wikidot | Zim |
| Calendar |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Wikidot | Zim |
| Internal Link |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
| Headlines |
+++ headline level 3 |
=== Heading === |
| Bold Format |
**bold text** |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
//italic text// |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
__underlined text__ |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospaced text}} |
``monospace`` |
| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough text-- |
~~strike~~ |
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
^{sup} |
| Subscript Format |
,,subscript,, |
_{sub} |
| Images |
[[image src="..."]] |
{{./image.png}} |
| Aligning Text |
= Centered line |
not implemented |
| Text Indentation |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
indent with tabs |
| Bulleted Lists |
* element 1 * element 2 |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
| Numbered Lists |
# element 1 # element 1 |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
| Definition Lists |
: item : description |
not implemented |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
not implemented |
| remove Wikidot | remove Zim |