Git-Wiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. Wikidot vs. Zim

General Features Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Version
1.0
Pleiades-M45
0.56
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
team
Michal Frackowiak
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
LGPL
AGPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Python
Data Storage
RCS
Files, RCS
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
corporate and special interest groups
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Private users, small teams
Hosting Features Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
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 KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Operating System
*nix
Unix/Linux
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
None
Other Requirements
Ruby
perl 4 or newer
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Other
Git
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Apache
File permissions
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
# 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 KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Preview
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
2
English, Polish
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
No
Links Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Calendar
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki KeheiWiki Wikidot Zim
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+++ headline level 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italic text//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underlined text__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
{{monospaced text}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough text--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
_{sub}
Images
{{Image.png}}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[[image src="..."]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Centered line
not implemented
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* element 1
* element 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# element 1
# element 1
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: item : description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
not implemented
remove Git-Wiki remove KeheiWiki remove Wikidot remove Zim