MoasdaWiki vs. Zim vs. ikiwiki

General Features MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Version
3.9.1
0.56
2.67
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
Private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
None
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Preview
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
##italic##
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
``monospace``
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
not implemented
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
remove MoasdaWiki remove Zim remove ikiwiki