Git-Wiki vs. Instiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Version
1.0
0.30.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
general, education
family people, hackers
System Requirements Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Operating System
*nix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Ruby
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Writable data directory
Datastorage Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
506 ⭐
88 ⭐
Common Features Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Preview
Plugin
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Plugin
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
No
No
Plugin
Links Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki Instiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
{{Image.png}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
***
Depending on plugins:
----
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