| General Features | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.30.0
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0.5.0
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6.3.0
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2.67
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1.6.6
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| Last Release Date |
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
|
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
|
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
|
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
|
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
|
| Author |
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
WackoWiki Team
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Radomir Dopieralski
|
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Ruby's
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
GPL v2
|
| Programming Language |
Ruby on Rails
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Perl
|
Python
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
general, education
|
End Users/Desktop, Education
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
Anyone
|
|
| System Requirements | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
|
OS Independent
|
Any
|
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Any, or none
|
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
|
|
| Other Requirements |
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
Mercurial
|
||
| Datastorage | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
MariaDB
|
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
n/a
|
||
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
#wiki at freenode.net
|
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| Stars on GitHub |
508 ⭐
|
N/A
|
55 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Age
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
French |
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish |
| Email notification |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Optional
|
All
|
Optional
|
None
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
actions (PHP)
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Calendar |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Instiki | WikiNi | WackoWiki | ikiwiki | Hatta |
| Internal Link |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx) |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
[[internal]] |
[[link]] [[link|label]] |
| External Link |
[another site](http://example.com) |
[[ ]] |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]] |
| Headlines |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
====== ====== level 1 ===== ===== level 2 ==== ==== level 3 === === level 4 == == level 5 |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
= h1 = == h2 == ... ===== h5 ===== |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
** ** |
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
_italic_, *italic* |
// // |
//italics// |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
__ __ |
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
n/a |
| Monospace Format |
`monospace` |
## ## |
##monospace## |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
{{{verbatim}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
@@ @@ |
--strikethrough-- |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
n/a |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
^^superscript^^ |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
n/a |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
,,subscript,, |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
n/a |
| Images |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
|
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
  |
{{image}}
{{image|alt}} |
| 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%% |
|
n/a |
| Text Indentation |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
[space] level 1 [space][space] level 2 [space][space][...] level X |
one two |
|
n/a |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
- - - |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* list ** sublist |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
1) 1) 1) |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
n/a |
| Definition Lists |
term : definition |
|
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
n/a |
| Horizontal Rule |
*** |
---- |
---- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
---- |
| remove Instiki | remove WikiNi | remove WackoWiki | remove ikiwiki | remove Hatta |