Git-Wiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Version
1.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Anyone
System Requirements Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Operating System
*nix
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Ruby
Datastorage Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Other
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{Image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Git-Wiki remove ikiwiki