Corendal Wiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. WikiNi

General Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Version
3.0.2
2.67
0.30.0
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2010-04-23 (16 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-23 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Thierry Danard
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Corporate
Anyone
general, education
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Operating System
Unix / Windows
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
1
French
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
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
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
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
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Usability Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Corendal Wiki ikiwiki Instiki WikiNi
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
[[ ]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
** **
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__ __
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
## ##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![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
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
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
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
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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