Hatta vs. ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Version
1.6.6
2.67
0.30.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.1
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
Any
Private users
System Requirements Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Mercurial
Ruby 2.0-2.6
various opt. helpers
Git
Datastorage Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Unknown
Links Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Usability Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Output Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Hatta ikiwiki Instiki PhpWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*Bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_Italics_
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
~subscript~
Images
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
n/a
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
n/a
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# list
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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***
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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