ikiwiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. Zim

General Features ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Version
2.67
1.5.11c
0.56
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Ryan Norton
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
C++
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
NA
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
End users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Operating System
Any
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
built-in
None
Other Requirements
None
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
unknown
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
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
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Categories
Plugin
No
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
no
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
Statistics ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki wxWikiServer Zim
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''' bold text '''
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
'' italic text ''
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
start line with blank space.
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^{sup}
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
_{sub}
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
] centred text
not implemented
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
* two
* two.1
* 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 one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
not implemented
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