Instiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Instiki ProWiki
Version
0.30.0
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Instiki ProWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
none
Datastorage Instiki ProWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support Instiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki ProWiki
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
No
Special Features Instiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Links Instiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability Instiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output Instiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Instiki ProWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki ProWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
''italic''
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
<sub>text</sub>
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule 
***
 
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