Git-Wiki vs. ikiwiki vs. ProWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Version
1.0
2.67
2.0.045
0.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Helmut Leitner
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Files, RCS
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Anyone
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Private users
System Requirements Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Operating System
*nix
Any
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Any, or none
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Ruby
none
Git
Datastorage Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Git
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
# 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 ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
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
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[InternalLink]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

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

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
*Bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
_Italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
~subscript~
Images
{{Image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
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
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
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***
___
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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