Instiki vs. PukiWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Version
0.30.0
1.5.1
0.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
PukiWiki Development Team
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
general, education
One theme, one PukiWiki
Private users
System Requirements Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Git
Datastorage Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki PukiWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*Bold*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
'''italic'''
_Italics_
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
%%%underlined%%%
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`monospace`
N/A
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
%%strikethrough%%
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
N/A
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
N/A
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
term
: definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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