WikiNi vs. Zim vs. ikiwiki vs. Hatta

General Features WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Version
0.5.0
0.56
2.67
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Mercurial
Datastorage WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
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
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
n/a
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
French
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
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Links WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Usability WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Zim ikiwiki Hatta
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi Zim ikiwiki Hatta
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
[[ ]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
// //
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__ __
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
## ##
``monospace``
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
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
-
-
-
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
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
n/a
Definition Lists
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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