Instiki vs. Hatta vs. MoinMoin vs. WikyBlog

General Features Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Version
0.30.0
1.6.6
1.9.11
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Radomir Dopieralski
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL v2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Python
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Mercurial
None
MySQL
Datastorage Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
No
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
n/a
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Optional
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
No
Unknown
Links Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
None
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
No
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
No
Usability Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki Hatta MoinMoin WikyBlog
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

[http://example.org The title]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
**bold**
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
//italic//
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
''italic''
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
n/a
 
__underline__
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
{{{verbatim}}}
 
`monospaced`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
n/a
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
n/a
 
^superscript^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
n/a
 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
 
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
 
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
n/a
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
n/a
 
indented text
 
: indented line
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
** sublist
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
n/a
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
n/a
 
term:: definition
 
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule 
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