PodWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Hatta

General Features PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Version
0.9.1
2.67
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL v2
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Anyone
System Requirements PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Operating System
Unix
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Mercurial
Datastorage PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
n/a
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
B<bold>
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
I<italics>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
via html only
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
via html only
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
via html only
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
G<logo.png>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
n/a
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
n/a
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
n/a
Definition Lists
via html only
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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