Wikidot vs. XoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.113
2.67
Last Release Date
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Michal Frackowiak
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPLv3
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
XOTcl and Tcl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Anyone
Hosting Features Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
no limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
AOLServer
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Datastorage Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Unknown
Yes
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Yes
Other
Security/Anti-Spam Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Polish
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Unknown
No
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Yes
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
No
Statistics Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
No
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikidot XoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
+++ headline level 3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic text//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underlined text__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospaced text}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough text--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[[image src="..."]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# element 1
# element 1
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
: item : description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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