Aneuch vs. ikiwiki vs. Wikidot vs. WikiNi

General Features Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Version
0.50
2.67
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-06-28 (9 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Aaron Graves
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
AGPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
PERL
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Anyone
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
End Users/Desktop, Education
Hosting Features Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Operating System
Any
Any
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any (only tested on Apache)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Other
None
Security/Anti-Spam Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Simple
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
English, Polish
1
French
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
CamelCase
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Usability Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Aneuch ikiwiki Wikidot WikiNi
Internal Link
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
[[internal]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[[ ]]
Headlines
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
+++ headline level 3
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold text**
** **
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic text//
// //
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined text__
__ __
Monospace Format
`monospace`
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospaced text}}
## ##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough text--
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* element 1
* element 2
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# element 1
# element 1
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
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