Git-Wiki vs. ButorWiki vs. Wikidot vs. XoWiki

General Features Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Version
1.0
2.2.1
0.113
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
Michal Frackowiak
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
LGPL
AGPLv3
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby
Java
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
SMB
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Hosting Features Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
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 Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Operating System
*nix
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Any webserver
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Ruby
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Other
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
None
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
2
English, Polish
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
CamelCase
No
No
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
Internal Macros
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Output Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
No
No
Unknown
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ButorWiki Wikidot XoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
<a href="..."></a>
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
<a href="..."></a>
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
<b>Bold</b>
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
<i>Italics</i>
//italic text//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>Underline</u>
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{Image.png}}
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
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