ikiwiki vs. Hatta vs. ProWiki

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

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{verbatim}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
<sub>text</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
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
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
n/a
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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