PodWiki vs. mobiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Hatta vs. Anwiki

General Features PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Version
0.9.1
2016-06-26
2.67
1.6.6
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Martin D�ring
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT
GPL
GPL v2
GPL 3
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Text centric websites and mobile use
Anyone
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Operating System
Unix
any
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
any
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
PHP 5.4+
Mercurial
Datastorage PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
n/a
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
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
N/A
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Common Features PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
No
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Links PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
No
Statistics PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
Output PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki mobiki ikiwiki Hatta Anwiki
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]
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
!Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{verbatim}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via html only
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
via html only
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
Subscript Format
via html only
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
Images
G<logo.png>
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
<img src=""/>
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
___
aligned text
___
n/a
<center>anwiki</center>
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
n/a
n/a
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

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