| General Features | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0
|
2.0.045
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0.56
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2.67
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Helmut Leitner
|
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
MIT
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
Ruby
|
Perl
|
Python
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
RCS
|
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Private, Public
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
Private users, small teams
|
Anyone
|
| System Requirements | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Operating System |
*nix
|
Unix / Linux
|
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
None
|
Any, or none
|
| Other Requirements |
Ruby
|
none
|
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
|
| Datastorage | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| 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
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Git
|
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Plugin system, backends can be added
|
File permissions
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
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 | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Preview |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
4
Czech, German, English, French |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
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 |
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
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
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Links | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Some
|
None
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
XML based, Javascript
|
None
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Git-Wiki | ProWiki | Zim | ikiwiki |
| Internal Link |
[[a link]] [[a link|with title]] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
[[internal]] |
| External Link |
[[http://example.org|The title]] |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
[link text](http://example.org) |
| Headlines |
== Section === Subsection ==== Sub-subsection or == Section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
=== Heading === |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
'''bold''' |
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
''italic'' |
//italic// |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
<u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
``monospace`` |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
| Strikethrough Format |
<s>strikethrough</s> |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
~~strike~~ |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>text</sup> |
^{sup} |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>text</sub> |
_{sub} |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
| Images |
{{Image.png}} |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
{{./image.png}} |
  |
| Aligning Text |
|
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
not implemented |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
: indented line :: indented line |
indent with tabs |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.2 * Item 2 |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.2 # Item 2 |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
| Definition Lists |
|
; term: definition |
not implemented |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
---- |
not implemented |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
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