Instiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Wikepage

General Features Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Version
0.30.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
2008.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Any
Private users, small groups
System Requirements Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Server Independent
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
various opt. helpers
n/a
Datastorage Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
No
Patch
Unknown
Links Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
HTML Tags
All
Some
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Calendar
No
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki PhpWiki Wikepage
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
**Bold**
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
''Italic''
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
<u>underlined</u>
 
__Underline__
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
n/a
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
n/a
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
n/a
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image

[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>


n/a
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

n/a
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
# list
 
n/a
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
Term:<def>
def
 

                    		
                            

                    

                Horizontal Rule
                                                                                                                        
                        
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