WikiNi vs. MoasdaWiki vs. Friki vs. ikiwiki

General Features WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Version
0.5.0
3.9.1
2.1.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
ASL or LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Java
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
personal usage, small teams
private users and small teams
Anyone
System Requirements WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki 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
No
Yes
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
# 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 MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
2
German, English
0
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Optional
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Patch
No
No
Plugin
Usability WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi MoasdaWiki Friki ikiwiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[ ]]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
~~striked through~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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