Instiki vs. PageWork

General Features Instiki PageWork
Version
0.30.0
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPLv3
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Instiki PageWork
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Any
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Instiki PageWork
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Instiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
504 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki PageWork
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Instiki PageWork
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki PageWork
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Instiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Instiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Extras Instiki PageWork
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki PageWork
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
`monospace`
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
term
: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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