WikiNi vs. DokuWiki vs. Zim vs. ikiwiki

General Features WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Version
0.5.0
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
0.56
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-17 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2026-03-25 (6 months ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
personal, small to medium companies
Private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
None
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
None
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4726 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, 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
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
Optional, PHP
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi DokuWiki Zim ikiwiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
External Link
[[ ]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Plugin
not implemented
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
N/A
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
1)
1)
1)
- 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
Plugin
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
not implemented
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WikiNi remove DokuWiki remove Zim remove ikiwiki