Wiki.js vs. Zim vs. Zwiki

General Features Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Version
2.5.299
0.56
0.61
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Jaap Karssenberg
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Javascript
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Private users, small teams
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Operating System
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
None
Zope
Other Requirements
Node.js
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Text Files with index in SQLite
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
File permissions
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Patch
Development/Support Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
28239 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, 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
0
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Optional
Scripting
JS, CSS
None
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Optional
No
No
Output Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Zim Zwiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold**
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
_{sub}
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
not implemented
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
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