Hatta vs. ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. WiGit vs. WikiNi

General Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Version
1.6.6
2.67
0.30.0
0.1
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
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
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
Private users
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Mercurial
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Git
Datastorage Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
1
English
0
1
French
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
No
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Usability Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
Output Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
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 WiGit WikiNi
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Hatta ikiwiki Instiki WiGit WikiNi
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[InternalLink]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
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)
"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######
h1. Headline
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*Bold*
** **
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
_Italics_
// //
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
__ __
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
@monospace@
## ##
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
@@ @@
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</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]]
!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'}
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
n/a
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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