ikiwiki vs. Instiki

General Features ikiwiki Instiki
Version
2.67
0.30.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki Instiki
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links ikiwiki Instiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki Instiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki Instiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
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
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
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spaces don't matter
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