ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Version
2.67
0.30.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2026-04-16 (today)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Unknown
MySQL
No
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
No
Plugin
Unknown
SQLite
No
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Yes
No
Unknown
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[pagename]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
{title|url}
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**
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__under__
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'}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
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
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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