Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Wikidot vs. WikkaWiki vs. Zim

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.4.2
0.56
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Michal Frackowiak
Wikka Development Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
AGPLv3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Private users, small teams
Hosting Features Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
any (platform-independent)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
any server with PHP/MySQL support
None
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
2
English, Polish
0
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
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Links Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
CamelCase
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Patch
No
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Patch
No
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Patch
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Patch
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Output Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Patch
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki Wikidot WikkaWiki Zim
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
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 ==
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
**bold text**
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic text//
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined text__
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospaced text}}
##monospaced##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough text--
++Strike through text++
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
_{sub}
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[image src="..."]]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
= Centered line
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
not implemented
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* element 1
* element 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
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
# element 1
# element 1
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: item : description
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
not implemented
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