Instiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Zim

General Features Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Version
0.30.0
6.2.1
0.56
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki WackoWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
No
Links Instiki WackoWiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features Instiki WackoWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki WackoWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki WackoWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
##monospace##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
_{sub}
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
one
two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
term
: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
***
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not implemented
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