ikiwiki vs. Zwiki

General Features ikiwiki Zwiki
Version
2.67
0.61
Last Release Date
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-27 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2008-10-30 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements ikiwiki Zwiki
Operating System
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Zope
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
Yes
Unknown
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Development/Support ikiwiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Optional
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
DTML
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Usability ikiwiki Zwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras ikiwiki Zwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Zwiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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