WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. Zim vs. Wikepage

General Features WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Version
0.5.0
2.67
0.56
2008.1
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
Private users, small teams
Private users, small groups
System Requirements WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
None
Server Independent
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
n/a
Datastorage WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
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
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
File permissions
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
French
1
English
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
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi ikiwiki Zim Wikepage
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[internal]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link
[[ ]]
[link text](http://example.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
=== Heading ===
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
**Bold**
Italics Format
// //
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''Italic''
Underline Format
__ __
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__Underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
``monospace``
With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strike~~
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^{sup}
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
_{sub}
n/a
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{./image.png}}
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text
not implemented
n/a
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
indent with tabs
n/a
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
n/a
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
not implemented
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