ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Zim

General Features ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Version
2.67
0.30.0
0.12.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
legolas558
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
Advanced End Users
Private users, small teams
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
None
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
JavaScript-capable browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Supports per-page AES encryption
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Preview
Yes
No
No
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
English, Italian
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Links ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
No
Usability ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[WoaS test page]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
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######
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
/italics text/
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{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]]
[[Image::woas.png]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
not implemented
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
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
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
----
not implemented
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