Git-Wiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.0
3.9.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
Java
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
personal usage, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
*nix
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Built-in
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Ruby
Java VM 17+
Datastorage Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Plugin
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
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
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki MoasdaWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

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

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
~~striked through~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{Image.png}}
{{image:wiki.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Git-Wiki remove MoasdaWiki remove ikiwiki