Hatta vs. ikiwiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Version
1.6.6
2.67
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Mercurial
none
Datastorage Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Links Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Hatta ikiwiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
n/a
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
n/a
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
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***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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