| General Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
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N/A
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| Last Release Date |
N/A
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N/A
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| Last Update here |
2012-05-23 (13 years ago)
|
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
|
2013-02-18 (12 years ago)
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| Author |
Mark Beattie
|
Michal Frackowiak
|
Wikia, Inc.
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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| License |
N/A
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AGPLv3
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N/A
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| Programming Language |
N/A
|
N/A
|
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| Data Storage |
N/A
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Database
|
N/A
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free while in open beta
|
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
|
$0
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| Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
N/A
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| Intended Audience |
Individual Markdown geeks & writers
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companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
|
All users
|
| Hosting Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Storage Quota |
None (determined by Dropbox plan)
|
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
|
unlimited
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
no limit
|
unlimited
|
| Other Limits |
None while in open beta
|
max uploaded file size limit
|
none
|
| Topic Restrictions |
None
|
by Terms Of Service
|
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
|
| Corporate Branding |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Operating System |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Datastorage | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| RCS |
N/A
|
Unknown
|
N/A
|
| Other |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
##wikia on freenode
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
2
English, Polish |
0
|
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Links | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Links |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
None
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
None
|
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Output | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| File Attachments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Keywords
|
| Extras | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Calendar |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WikiPack | Wikidot | Wikia |
| Internal Link |
[[LinkToSomePage|link to some page]] |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
|
| External Link |
[Google](http://google.com) |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
|
| Headlines |
# Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading etc |
+++ headline level 3 |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold text** |
|
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
//italic text// |
|
| Underline Format |
not supported |
__underlined text__ |
|
| Monospace Format |
indent 4 spaces (or 2 tabs) for code blocks |
{{monospaced text}} |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
not supported |
--strikethrough text-- |
|
| Superscript Format |
not supported |
^^superscript^^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
not supported |
,,subscript,, |
|
| Images |
 |
[[image src="..."]] |
|
| Aligning Text |
not supported |
= Centered line |
|
| Text Indentation |
> Prefix block quotes with an angled bracket >> Nest brackets to control indentation |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* list item one * list item two * sub item one |
* element 1 * element 2 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. item one 2. item two 1. Sub item |
# element 1 # element 1 |
|
| Definition Lists |
not supported |
: item : description |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
---- |
|
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