Instiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features Instiki ProntoWiki
Version
0.30.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
2026-02-06 (today)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
System Requirements Instiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage Instiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Plugin
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support Instiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
510 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki ProntoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features Instiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Links Instiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability Instiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Instiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras Instiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[pagename]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
{title|url}
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__under__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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