Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Instiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
0.30.0
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
Ruby's
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
general, education
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
506 ⭐
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki Instiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
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
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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